Chake chake
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| Coordinates | 5 ° 15 ′ S , 39 ° 46 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Tanzania | ||
| Pemba Kusini | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | TZ-10 | ||
| Residents | 40,000 | ||
 Administrative headquarters of the Prime Minister of Zanzibar in Chake-Chake
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Chake Chake- is the central place on the Tanzanian State Zanzibar belonging island Pemba (part of the archipelago of Zanzibar) and court seat. The district Tibirinzi (derived from "deep breeze") houses the State House (residence of the President of Zanzibar when staying on Pemba); The Machomane district is home to the Pemba Essential Oil Distillery, where clove oil and other perfume essences (e.g. Langi-Langi) are distilled. The city has an estimated 40,000 inhabitants. The only airport in Pemba (PBA, Karume-Airport) is located approx. 7 km southeast of the city.
Chake-Chake is the transport hub on the island for buses going north ( Wete , Konde , Micheweni , Vitongoji) and south ( Mkoani ). The central stand of the buses ( Dalla-dalla ) is in the city center behind the market, but short trips (to Gombani, Wesha, Vitongoji, Uwanja wa ndege) also start from the main road.
About 6 km west of Chake-Chake is Pemba's only power station in Wesha; Since 2010, electricity has been drawn from the mainland via an underwater cable. To the northeast of Chake-Chake on the Vitongoji road is a larger military complex (at the old airport). North of the city along the road to Wete , a large, modern football stadium was built in Gombani in the early 1990s with the support of North Korean personnel; the monumental floodlight masts remained unfinished and had no lights.
Chake-Chake owns a hospital built around 1990 with EU funds in the center of the city.
At Pujini on the east coast, about 4 km south of Karume Airport, there is a ruin site worth seeing, the fortress of Mkama Ndume (probably 15th century); it is said to be the only such fortification along the East African coast from this period. Mkama Ndume was a Persian conqueror who is said to have distinguished himself through cruelty towards the indigenous population.
West of Chake-Chake, on the Ras Mkumbuu peninsula, are the Ndagoni ruins, which are well worth seeing, with the remains of a mosque and house foundations as well as 14 graves. This settlement, of which larger parts are now below sea level, is said to have been one of the largest settlements on the east coast of Africa in the 11th century.