Tarrafal de São Nicolau is a concelho (municipality) of Cape Verde.

[2] Its seat is the town Tarrafal de São Nicolau.

The municipality consists of one freguesia (civil parish), São Francisco de Assis.

[4] Since 2012, the Movement for Democracy (MpD) is the ruling party of the municipality.

The results of the latest elections, in 2016:[6] Tarrafal de São Nicolau is twinned with: