Tanguá

Tanguá is a municipality of the Grande Niterói region, a portion of the region of Grande Rio, in the state of Rio de Janeiro.

Understand

Tanguá is a municipality located in the eastern portion of the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro. Until 1995, it was a district belonging to the municipality of Itaboraí, when it was emancipated, becoming a municipality itself. However, Tanguá still maintains strong ties with the neighboring Itaboraí, especially with regard to the commuting of its population.

The municipality is crossed by the BR-101 highway, vector through which the urban expansion of the metropolis reached Tanguá and continued to Rio Bonito - the easternmost municipality of the Rio's metropolitan agglomeration -, where it ended. Tanguá is, therefore, the penultimate municipality of the East Metropolitan Axis of Rio de Janeiro (Eixo Leste Metropolitano do Rio de Janeiro) along the vector of the BR-101 highway.

Get in

The city center

From the city center of Rio de Janeiro, it is possible to go to Tanguá by urban bus and van lines. Bus lines to Tanguá depart from Terminal Menezes Côrtes (Terminal do Castelo) and from the Candelária region, in downtown Rio de Janeiro. The vans to Tanguá depart from the region of Central do Brasil.

The main road access to Tanguá for those coming from the Rio central region is the BR-101 highway (Rio-Vitória highway).

See

• Parque Natural Municipal Serra do Barbosão (Serra do Barbosão Municipal Natural Park). Natural park between the municipalities of Itaboraí and Tanguá. 
• Serra Queimada (Burnt mountain range). Mountain range located in the neighborhood of Pinhão along the BR-101 highway. 
• Rio dos Duques (Duques river). River that crosses the neighborhood of Duques (Santo Antônio). 
• Rio Ipitangas (Ipitangas river). River that crosses the rural region of Ipitangas. 
• Rio Tanguá (Tanguá river). River that flows along the municipal boundary between Tanguá and Rio Bonito. 
• Antiga estação ferroviária de Tanguá (Old train station of Tanguá). Old railway station in the Tanguá city center. 
• Estação Terrena de Tanguá (Earth Station of Tanguá). The first satellite earth station of Brazil, located in the neighborhood of Duques. 
• Usina Tanguá (Tanguá Plant). Old sugar cane factory located in the neighborhood of Ampliação. 

Eat

• Paiva's Restaurante - Rua Dezenove de Novembro, 190 - Centro, Tanguá.

Sleep

• Hotel Palace Tanguá - Rua Presidente Dutra, 2 - Centro, Tanguá.

Go next

• Rio Bonito
• Itaboraí
• Cachoeiras de Macacu
• Maricá
• São Gonçalo
• Niterói
• Rio de Janeiro