Tarrafal de Monte Trigo

Tarrafal de Monte Trigo or simply Tarrafal (in Cape Verdean Creole, written in ALUPEC: "Tarrafal d Mont Trig") is a village in the island of Santo Antão. Tarrafal serves the road linking to the rest of the island as well as Norte, the northeastern part of the island and the island capital Porto Novo and a dirt road north to Monte Trigo. Tarrafal de Monte Trigo is the second westernmost settlement in all of Africa, it is geographically after Monte Trigo.

Nearest places

*Monte Trigo, north

Geography

The mountains dominate the area to the eastern and the northeastern parts, farmlands groves dominate the valley areas and are located in slopey surfaces, grasslands with barren rocks and bushes covers the rest of the area and several trees dominate the southern part. Tarrafal de Monte Trigo has a beach in which the soil color is black, it stretches for nearly 1.5 km and its width is between 50 to 70 m. The mountain cliffs lies to the southern and the northern portions. Cliffs and steep and treacherous ledges dominate the edges of its valley areas. Tarrafal features a port in which all of its boats are used for fishing.

Other information

The village is in the island's low class. Most of the houses are built with stone and concrete, several houses are built with either steel reinforced concrete or with stone and wood. All of its population are farmers and are based in agriculture where banana plantations, pineapple and other crops are common as well as fishing. Some farms are in the form of paddies and stone walls. However, a part of the needy materials comes from the island capital, the island capital and the diaspora. But for other needs, electricity, communications and appliances are partially available in the area as well as phone lines since the late-20th century. A part of the necessities also comes from the island capital.

External links

* [http://www.ecaboverde.com/cat49.htm Photos of Tarrafal de Monte Trigo at ecaboverde.com] - in the most spoken languages in the world including English, French and Portuguese

ee also

*List of villages and settlements in Cape Verde