Tira Chapéu, Praia
| Tira Chapéu | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | |
| Country | Cape Verde |
| Island | Santiago Island |
| City | Praia |
| Postal code | 7600 |
| Website | www.cmpraia.cv |
Tira Chapéu (Cape Verdean Creole of ALUPEC: Tira Chapeu), also written as Tira Chapeu is a low class residential subdivision in the north of Praia in the island of Santiago, Cape Verde just over 1 km west Plateau which is the city center and 2 km by road. IIts approximate size is small forming one of the smallest neighbourhoods in Praia and is around 150 hectares, its length is about 680 meters east to west and its width ranges from over 660 meters in the south, 500 meters north of the center and less than 200 meters at the northernmost portion.
Bordering neighborhoods include Terra Branca to the northeast, Várzea to the east, a part bordering on a crest, Achada de Santo António to the southeast, Palmarejo to the southwest and west and Bela Vista to the northwest..
The lowest point is 27 meters in the south near the center of Palmarejo, 30 meters to the east and 45 meters to the northwest, the highest is about 50 meters in the northwest.
Its etymology is a chapel located in the area.
Its main street is Avenida Grão Ducado de Luxemburgo (named for the country's relations with that nation and its Capeverdean population there) which is part of EN1-ST03 and borders south of Terra Branca's circle and Avenida de China, the avenue connecting the city center.
It also has its own health center, one of five located in the city, sometimes called the Tira Chapéu-Palmarejo Health center which serves the west of the city. Also there is Campo de Tira Chapéu, a football (soccer) field home of the newly participated club Tira Chapéu FC who competed in the regional Second Division for the first time in the 2016-17 season, the club finished 3rd for the season and remains in the division for the following season.
The subdivision has the Norwegian Embassy for Cape Verde.
The main street is a lesser road apart from the Praia-Tarrafal Route starting from Rua do Aeroporto at Ribeira da Trindade, crosses up hill through Lem Cachorro and finishes at the Praia-Assomada-Tarrafal Route (EN1-ST01) at the boundary with Safende and for a few hundred meters are bordered with that route.
The area also has its own industrial area in the northwest, that area being disputed with Pamarejo and Bela Vista. It has one outdoor nightclub titled Bomba H.
The area of present day Tira Chapéu was mainly forested and uncertain it was a shrub area. The forests were cleared in the 16th or the 17th century and a field dominated until the late 1970s when the urban sprawl of Praia spreated into Tira Chapéu. Not until around 2010 it became fully urbanized. Agriculture once dominated the area.
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