page_title: Chã das Caldeiras
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Chã das Caldeiras / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Chã das Caldeiras (île de Fogo, Cap-Vert)&#160;: village de Bangaeira
context_page_description: The Chã das Calderas, sometimes abbreviated Chã, is a caldera on the island of Fogo, Cape Verde. With a diameter of 9 km and open to the east, it is surrounded on the west by the bordeira, a mountainous wall which rises to 2,700 m. It was made by the eruption of Monte Armarelo, which was replaced by the smaller Pico do Fogo.
context_section_description: The Chã das Caldeiras is in southwestern Cape Verde and occupies the north-east of the island of Fogo. It is shared between the municipalities of Mosteiros to the north and Santa Catarina do Fogo to the south.
  A little more of a thousand people live permanently inside the caldera, in the small towns of Bangaeira and Portela; these towns are at about 1,700 m (5,577 ft), where sometimes the temperature gets to 0 °C (32 °F). Part of the National Park of Fogo, it is one of the main tourist destinations of Cape Verde. It is accessed by a single central road 35 km (22 mi) long from São Filipe.
  The vegetation is sparse but several endemic plants  nevertheless grow there, especially Echium vulcanorum (lingua-de-vaca) and Erysimum caboverdeanum (crabo bravo) that can not be found anywhere else. Others are Sarcostemma daltonii (gestiba), Verbascum cystolithicum (mato-branco), Lavandula rotundifolia (aipo) ou Euphorbia tuckeyana (tortolho).
caption: View of the town of Bangaeira.
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