Cha de Tanque
Chã de Tanque is a town in the west-central part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde.
Chã de Tanque is a town in the west-central part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It is part of the municipality of Santa Catarina. In 2010 its population was 1,164. It is situated 4 km west of Assomada, on the road to Rincão. The elevation is about 260 meters above sea level. Since 2008, it is home to the Museu da Tabanca.
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Worth seeing in and around Cha de Tanque
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Museu da Tabanka
The Museu da Tabanca is a museum in the town Chã de Tanque in the western part of the island of Santiago in Cape Verde. It is dedicated to local culture, including tabanka music.
3.8 km · music-related museum in Santiago, Cape Verde · Wikipedia - 02Universidade de Santiago
The Universidade de Santiago is a private university in Cape Verde. It was established in November 2008.
3.5 km · private university in Cape Verde (IAU-018563) · Wikipedia
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Getting to Cha de Tanque
- Airports
- Nelson Mandela (RAI), 29 km · Aristides Pereira (BVC), 145 km · Amílcar Cabral (SID), 200 km
- Rabil → Cha de Tanque144 km · quickest by road, 44h 39m · $19–26
- Espargos → Cha de Tanque202 km · quickest by road, 60h 59m · $23–32
- São Pedro → Cha de Tanque8145 km · quickest by air, 23h · R$3,980–6,170
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Cha de Tanque
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Cha de Tanque. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe port in Praia has direct and indirect connections by ferry to other islands.
- Get aroundMost of the buses ("aluguer") leave from the "central minibus station" at the bottom of the steps that lead from Parque 5 de Julho to the Old Town in Plato besides the market called Sucupira.
- Get aroundAlso of note, the minibuses often have destinations in decals on their sides (e.g.
From Wikivoyage: Santiago (Cape Verde), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2022-11.
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If you know how people move in Cha de Tanque – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Cha de Tanque
- Assomadacity4 km
- Santa Catarinamunicipality on the island of Santiago, Cape Verde3.8 km
- Palha Cargasettlement in Santiago, Cape Verde2.2 km
- Ribeirão Manuelsettlement in Santiago, Cape Verde1.8 km