Baía do Chão Bom

Baía do Chão Bom is a bay in , . Baía do Chão Bom is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near the village .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tarrafal concentration camp and Estádio de Mangue.

Museum
Photo: Gagum, CC BY 2.0.
Tarrafal was a concentration camp located in the village of , in the , on the in Cape Verde. It was established in 1936, during a reorganization process of the Portuguese Estado Novo prison system, with the goal of incarcerating political and social prisoners.

Stadium
or Estádio Municipal do Tarrafal is a multi-purpose stadium in the neighborhood of Mangue in nearly 100 meters north of the communal boundary of and just west of the Assomada-Tarrafal Road. is situated 2½ km northeast of Baía do Chão Bom.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ribeira da Prata and Chão Bom.

Village
Photo: Christian Pirkl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town in the northern part of the island of , belonging to the . In 2010 its population was 1,009. It was mentioned as Rivera de Prata in the 1747 map by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin.

Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
is a settlement in the northern part of the island of , . It is situated near the west coast, 3 km southeast of on the main road south to and .

Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in the northern part of the island of , . In 2010 its population was 6,656. It is a fishing port situated on the northwestern coast. It constitutes the seat of the .

Baía do Chão Bom

Latitude
15.24585° or 15° 14′ 45″ north
Longitude
-23.75484° or 23° 45′ 17″ west
Elevation
94 metres (308 feet)
Open location code
797R66WW+83
Geo­Names ID
3374736
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Satellite Map

Discover Baía do Chão Bom from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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