Tarrafal
Tarrafal, in Portuguese means a plantation of tarrafes, the name in Portuguese of Senegalese (or Senegambian) tamarisk (Tamarix senegalensis), a plant of the genus Tamarix (Tamarisk).
It also refers to various locations in Cape Verde:
- Towns and villages
- Tarrafal, Cape Verde, a town on the island of Santiago
- Tarrafal de São Nicolau, Cape Verde, a town on the island of São Nicolau
- Tarrafal de Monte Trigo, a village on the island of Santo Antão
- Tarrafal FC de Monte Trigo, a football (soccer) club that plays in the Santo Antão North Zone Regional League
- Tarrafal, Cape Verde (municipality), a municipality on the island of Santiago
- Tarrafal de São Nicolau, Cape Verde (municipality), a municipality on the island of São Nicolau
- Other
- Baía de Tarrafal, a bay west of the Town of Tarrafal in the island of Santiago
- Tarrafal camp, a former prison camp in the Portuguese colony of Cape Verde
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