Timeline of Tarrafal, Cape Verde

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The following is a timeline of the parish of Santo António Abade and the municipality of Tarrafal, Cape Verde.

Parish of Santo António Abade

1833 - Colonial governor Manuel António Martins tried to move the seat of Santa Catarina from Ribeira Grande in the south to nearby Picos.^[1] Tarrafal was included in that municipality
1869 - Seat of the municipality moved to Mangue near Tarrafal until the municipality split^[1]
1889 - Farol da Ponta Preta northwest of Tarrafal built
1890 - Population: 63,795

Municipality of Tarrafal (1912-1991)

1912 - May 4: the seat of the municipality of Santa Catarina moved from Tarrafal to Assomada aby the colonial governor Joaquim Pedro Vieira Júdice Biker, the municipality of Tarrafal was established with the seat being Tarrafal^[2]
1940 - Population: 18,840^[3]
1940s - As the Catholic Church started to reform, in the mountainous parts of the interior, some people became isolated from society and the Rabelados community formed and dominated the south and east of the municipality
1941 - September 27-28: Though Portugal was neutral throughout World War II, the Action in Tarrafal Bay, part of the Second Battle of the Atlantic engaged between the submarines of the British Navy and Germany, the battle was inconclusive
1950 - Population: 13,222^[3]
1960 - Population: 19,140^[3]
1970 - Population: 26,251^[3]
1974:
- April 25: the Carnation Revolution took place in Portugal, the Estado Novo regime collapsed, Cape Verde became an autonomous province
- April 26: In the evening, all prisoners from the Tarrafal Camp were released
1975
- July 5: Cape Verde declared independence from Portugal and became and independent nation, Praia became the national capital
- The site that was the Tarrafal prison handed over to Cape Verde, it would be used as a military base named Tarrafal
1980
- Population: 24,202^[3]
1985 - December 7: SC Beira-Mar do Tarrafal founded
1990
- Population: 11,626^[3]

Municipality of Tarrafal (since 1991)

20th century

1991 - Parish of São Miguel separated from the municipality and created its own municipality of São Miguel, it dominated the southeast portion
1992 - Estrela dos Amadores football (soccer) club established
1994 - September 24: Varandinha of Tarrafal football (soccer) club established
1995 - July 31: Barcelona or Amabos Barcelona of Tarrafal football (soccer) club established
1999 - First participation of football (soccer) clubs from Tarrafal into the Santiago Island League

21st century

2000
- Population: 17,792^[4]
- July: Amabox Barcelona was the municipality's first club to win a title
2003
- Monte Graciosa became a protected area
- February 24: Serra da Malagueta Natural Park established, the first national park created on the island, it dominates the southernmost portion and includes a portion of it
- August: Santiago Island League split in two, the North and the South Zones
2004 - Ponta Preta lighthouse was featured in a Capeverdean stamp^[5]
2006 - the World Monument Fund named Tarrafal Camp one of its 100 watched monuments.^[6]
Around 2007 - The northern part and parts of the slopes became predominantly forested
2008 - Estádio de Mangue opened
2009:
- A species of moths named Agdistis notabilis was named and described^[7]
- April: A symposium took place at Tarrafal Camp on the 35th anniversary of its closing
2010
- Population: 18,561^[4]
- A species of barnacles named Pollicipes caboverdensis was named and described by Joana N. Fernandes, Teresa Cruz and Robert van Syoc^[8]
2012 - A species of basslet, the Cape Verde basslet (Liopropoma emanueli) was named and described^[9]
2013 - A species of coral named Balanopsammia wirtzi was named and described^[10] Both of these were named in the first years of the current decade.
2016
- Varandinha was the North Zone's and the municipality's first club to enter the semifinals of the 2016 Cape Verdean Football Championships, the club lost two matches to Mindelense and was later out
- October: the GAFT Cup held its first edition, Varadinha won the first edition

References

1 2 Vieira, Henrique Lubrano de Santa Rita (1993). A Vila de Assomada. Associação dos Amigos do Concelho de Santa Catarina. p. 14.
↑ Vieira, Henrique Lubrano de Santa Rita (1993). A Vila de Assomada. Associação dos Amigos do Concelho de Santa Catarina.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Source: Statoids
1 2 Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatísticas.
↑ "Ponta Preta". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The Lighthouse Directory. 25 September 2009. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
↑ Monument Watch List World Monument Fund
↑ Gielis, C. & O. Karsholt 2009: Additional records of Pterophoridae from the Cape Verde Islands, with description of a new species of Agdistis Hübner. Nota Lepidopterologica, 32 (2): 139–144.
↑ Fernandes, J.N., Cruz, T. & Van Syoc, R. 2010. Pollicipes caboverdensis sp. nov. (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Scalpelliformes), an intertidal barnacle from the Cape Verde Islands. Zootaxa 2557: 29–38.
↑ Wirtz, P. & Schliewen, U. K.; 2012: A new species of Liopropoma Gill, 1862 from the Cape Verde Islands, Eastern Atlantic (Teleostei, Perciformes, Serranidae). Spixiana, 35 (1): 149–154.
↑ Ocaña, O. & Brito, A., 2013: Balanopsammia wirtzi, a new genus and species of coral (Anthozoa: Scleractinia: Dendrophylliidae) from the Cape Verde Islands: A comparative study with the Mediterranean Cladopsammia rolandi. Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias, 25: 87–104.

Municipality of Tarrafal
Communities and settlements	Achada Longueira Achada Tenda Chão Bom Fazenda Figueira Muita Ribeira da Prata Tarrafal Tras os Montes
Geographical features	Baía de Tarrafal Monte Graciosa Serra da Malagueta Ponta Moreia Ponta Preta
Landmarks and points of Interests	Estádio de Mangue Ponta Preta Lighthouse
Culture	Barcelona Beira-Mar Estrela dos Amadores Real Júnior Varandinha
History (Timeline)	Action in Tarrafal Bay Rabelados
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