Monte Contador

Monte Contador is a volcano in Santo Amaro Abade, Tarrafal Municipality and has an elevation of 280 metres. Monte Contador is situated nearby to the hamlet Achada Longueira, as well as near Pé de Monte.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tarrafal concentration camp.

Tarrafal concentration camp

Museum

Photo: Gagum, CC BY 2.0.

Tarrafal was a concentration camp located in the village of Chão Bom, in the Municipality of Tarrafal, on the island of Santiago 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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Achada Longueira and Chão Bom.

Achada Longueira

Hamlet

Achada Longueira is a settlement in the northern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It is part of the municipality of Tarrafal. In 2010, its population was 520.

Chão Bom

Suburb

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

Chão Bom is a settlement in the northern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It is situated near the west coast, 3 km southeast of Tarrafal on the main road south to Assomada and Praia.

Ribeira da Prata

Village

Photo: Christian Pirkl, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ribeira da Prata is a town in the northern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde belonging to the municipality of Tarrafal. In 2010 its population was 1,009. It was mentioned as Rivera de Prata in the 1747 map by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin.

Monte Contador

Type: Volcano with an elevation of 280 metres
Also known as: “MonteContador”
Category: landform
Location: Santo Amaro Abade, Tarrafal Municipality, Cape Verde, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude

15.24169° or 15° 14′ 30″ north

Longitude

-23.71714° or 23° 43′ 2″ west

Elevation

280 metres (919 feet)

Open location code

797R67RM+M4

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8197448386

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=volcano

GeoNames ID

13319436

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