Cabeça dos Tarrafes

Cabeça dos Tarrafes
Settlement

Welcome sign of Cabeça dos Tarrafes written in the alternate spelling
Cabeça dos Tarrafes
Coordinates: 16°07′26″N 22°43′30″W / 16.124°N 22.725°W / 16.124; -22.725Coordinates: 16°07′26″N 22°43′30″W / 16.124°N 22.725°W / 16.124; -22.725
Country Cape Verde
Island Boa Vista
Municipality Boa Vista
Civil parish São João Baptista
Population (2010)[1]
 • Total 52

Cabeça dos Tarrafes, also written as Cabeça dos Tarafes (Cape Verdean Creole: Kabésa d Tarraf) is a village in the eastern part of the island of Boa Vista, Cape Verde. The village is located about 21 km southeast of the island capital of Sal Rei. It is one of the easternmost communities in Cape Verde. The settlement is named after the abundance of flowers "tarrafes" founded in the area, then simply dominated the whole island when it was founded in the 17th and the 18th centuries. Nearby places include João Galego and Fundo das Figueiras.

Its famous festivities is the festival of Saint John the Baptist celebrated each 24 June along with two adjaent communities and features traditional colá music.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2010 Census results". Instituto Nacional de Estatística Cabo Verde (in Portuguese). 17 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Boa Vista: Bairrismo separa povoados na festa e São João Baptista". A Semana (in Portuguese). 2007. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
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