title: Tarrafal de São Nicolau (municipality)
text: # Tarrafal de São Nicolau (municipality)
  
  Tarrafal de São Nicolau is a concelho (municipality) of Cape Verde. Situated in the western part of the island of São Nicolau, it covers 35% of the island area (119.8 km²) and is home to 41% of its population (5,237 at the 2010 census). Its seat is the town Tarrafal de São Nicolau.
  
  ## Subdivisions
  
  The municipality consists of one freguesia (civil parish), São Francisco de Assis. The freguesia is subdivided into the following settlements (population at the 2010 census):
  
  * Cabeçalinho (pop: 155)
  * Fragata (pop: 172)
  * Hortelã (pop: 181)
  * Palhal (pop: 100)
  * Praia Branca (pop: 521, town)
  * Ribeira dos Calhaus
  * Ribeira Prata (pop: 343)
  * Tarrafal de São Nicolau (pop: 3,733, city)
  
  ## History
  
  The municipality was created in 2005, when the older municipality of São Nicolau was split in two, the western part becoming the Municipality of Tarrafal de São Nicolau and the eastern part becoming the Municipality of Ribeira Brava.
  
  ## Politics
  
  Since 2012, the Movement for Democracy (MpD) is the ruling party of the municipality. The results of the latest elections, in 2016:
  
  | Party | Municipal Council | Municipal Council | Municipal Assembly | Municipal Assembly |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Party | Votes% | Seats | Votes% | Seats |
  | MpD | 55.90 | 5 | 55.78 | 8 |
  | PAICV | 40.63 | 0 | 40.30 | 5 |
  
  ## Twin town
  
  Tarrafal de São Nicolau is twinned with:
  
  * Fiuggi
  