Tarrafal
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Tarrafal is the name for some locations in Cape Verde
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Cape Verde
The Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago of 10 islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean, 570 kilometres off the coast of Western Africa...
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- For the town in the island of SantiagoSantiago, Cape VerdeSantiago , or Santiagu in Cape Verdean Creole, is the largest island of Cape Verde, its most important agricultural centre and home to half the nation’s population. At the time of Darwin's voyage it was called St. Jago....
, see Tarrafal, Cape VerdeTarrafal, Cape VerdeTarrafal is a municipality located in the northern part of the island of Santiago in Sotavento in Cape Verde. The municipal population is around 18000, the area is 112.4 km² and the density is about 160/km². Tarrafal is located 75 km NNW of Cape Verde's capital, Praia.Farmland surrounds...
. - For the town in the island of São Nicolau, see Tarrafal de São Nicolau, Cape VerdeTarrafal de São Nicolau, Cape VerdeTarrafal de São Nicolau is a city that constitutes the seat of the Tarrafal de São Nicolau Municipality in Cape Verde....
. - For the village in the island of Santo Antão, see Tarrafal de Monte Trigo.
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- For the municipality in the island of Santiago, see Tarrafal, Cape Verde (municipality).
- For the municipality in the island of São Nicolau, see Tarrafal de São Nicolau, Cape Verde (municipality).
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- For the concentration camp, see Tarrafal campTarrafal campTarrafal was a prison camp in Cape Verde, then a Portuguese colony, set up by the dictator António de Oliveira Salazar after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War , where opponents of his right-wing authoritarian regime were sent...
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