Tanga is a historic city and the capital of both the Tanga Region and Tanga District in Tanzania, located in the country's northern port area on the Indian Ocean at Tanga Bay. It had a population of 393,429 in 2022, is governed by the Tanga City Council, and is home to the Port of Tanga; its name means sail in Swahili.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Tanga, Tanzania (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1891-00-00T00:00:00Z
P1082 (population)
population 221,127 (2012)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude -5.066667, longitude 39.1
P2046 (area)
area 536.0 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 221127 (2012)
View the Source2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at -5.0667,39.1
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevationQuote, results elevation
"elevation": 0.0
3. Tanga, Tanzania (Wikipedia)
Lead
to the west of the Indian Ocean on Tanga Bay
- In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -5.25, 39.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -5.25, 39.25
-5.25 39.25 As
5. GeoNames: Tanga - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 149606, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.29 km)Quote, cities500 record 149606, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.29 km)
-5.06893 39.09875 P PPLA TZ 18 0404 0404012 393429 22 Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
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