Tarrafal

Tarrafal 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 .
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  • Type: Town with 13,500 residents
  • Description: settlement in Santiago, Cape Verde
  • Also known as: “Cidade de Tarrafal”, “Tarrafal, Cape Verde”, and “Vila do Tarrafal”
  • Postal code: 7110

Places of Interest

Highlights: Tarrafal concentration camp and Estádio de Mangue.

Museum
Photo: Gagum, CC BY 2.0.
Tarrafal was a concentration camp located in the…

Stadium
or Estádio Municipal do Tarrafal…

Peak
Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a mountain in the northern part of the island of in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chão Bom and Trás os Montes.

Suburb
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is a settlement in the northern part of the island of , .

Village
is a settlement in the northern part of the island of , . is situated 4½ km northeast of Tarrafal.

Tarrafal

Latitude
15.2784° or 15° 16′ 42″ north
Longitude
-23.7523° or 23° 45′ 8″ west
Population
13,500
Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)
UN/LOCODE
CV TAR
Open location code
797R76HX+93
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1960686899
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3374166
Wiki­data ID
Q2311253
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Wolof—“Tarrafal” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ታራፋል”
  • Arabic: “تارافال”
  • Asturian: “Tarrafal, Cape Verde”
  • Azerbaijani: “Tarrafal”
  • Bashkir: “Таррафал (Сантьягу)”
  • Bashkir: “Таррафал”
  • Bengali: “তারাফাল”
  • Catalan: “Tarrafal”
  • Cebuano: “Tarrafal”
  • Chinese: “塔拉法爾”
  • Dutch: “Tarrafal”
  • French: “Tarrafal”
  • German: “Tarrafal”
  • Greek: “Ταρραφάλ”
  • Hausa: “Tarrafal”
  • Hebrew: “טרפאל”
  • Hindi: “तारराफल”
  • Indonesian: “Tarrafal”
  • Italian: “Tarrafal”
  • Japanese: “タラファル”
  • Javanese: “Tarrafal”
  • Kazakh: “Тарrafal”
  • Kirghiz: “Тарrafal”
  • Korean: “타하팔”
  • Malay: “Tarrafal”
  • Mingrelian: “ტარაფალი (კაბო-ვერდე)”
  • Mingrelian: “ტარაფალი”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tarrafal”
  • Oromo: “Tarrafal”
  • Panjabi: “ਤਾਰਾਫਲ”
  • Persian: “تارافال”
  • Polish: “Tarrafal”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade de Mangui”
  • Portuguese: “Tarrafal”
  • Pushto: “تارافال”
  • Russian: “Тарrafal”
  • Russian: “Таррафал”
  • Slovenian: “Tarrafal”
  • Somali: “Tarrafal”
  • Spanish: “Mangui”
  • Spanish: “Tarrafal”
  • Swahili: “Tarrafal, Cabo Verde”
  • Swahili: “Tarrafal”
  • Swedish: “Tarrafal”
  • Tajik: “Тарrafal”
  • Tatar: “Tarrafal”
  • Tatar: “Таррафал (Сантьягу)”
  • Tatar: “Таррафал”
  • Thai: “ตาราฟัล”
  • Turkish: “Tarrafal”
  • Ukrainian: “Таррафал”
  • Urdu: “تارافال”
  • Uzbek: “Tarrafal”
  • Wolof: “Tarrafal”

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