Tambo may refer to:

People

* Adelaide Tambo (1929–2007), South African anti-apartheid activist *

Dali Tambo Dali Tambo (born 1 March 1959) is a South African media personality best known as the presenter of the SABC television talk-show ''People of the South'' and as the founder of the anti-apartheid organisation Artists Against Apartheid. Early li ...

(born 1959), South African anti-apartheid activist, TV presenter and also son of Oliver Tambo and Adelaide Tambo * Oliver Tambo (1917–1993), South African anti-apartheid activist * Thembi Tambo, British-South African diplomat, politician and also daughter of Oliver Tambo and Adelaide Tambo

Places

Australia

Queensland

* Tambo, Queensland, a locality in Blackall-Tambo Region *

Shire of Tambo (Queensland) The Shire of Tambo was a local government area located in central Queensland south-east of the town of Blackall. It covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1881 until 2008, when it amalgamated with neighbouring Shir ...

, a former local government area

Victoria

Tambo River (Victoria) The Tambo River or ''Berrawan'' is a perennial river of the Mitchell River catchment, located in the East Gippsland region of the Australian state of Victoria. With a total length in excess of , the Tambo River is one of the longest rivers in ...

* County of Tambo, Victoria * Mount Tambo, Victoria * Shire of Tambo (Victoria)

Peru

Tambo River (Peru) The Tambo River (Spanish language, Spanish: Río Tambo) is a Peruvian river on the eastern slopes of the Andes. The name only refers to a relatively short section; about long. It starts at the confluence of the Ene River, Ene and Perené Rivers a ...

* Tambo District, Huaytará * Tambo District, La Mar

Elsewhere

* Pizzo Tambò, a mountain in the Swiss Alps near the Splügen Pass * Tambo Island, in

Pontevedra, Spain Pontevedra (, ) is a Spanish city in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula. It is the capital of both the ''Pontevedra (comarca), Comarca'' (County) and Province of Pontevedra, and of the Rías Baixas in Galicia, Spain, Galicia. It is also th ...

Tambo, Parañaque Tambo is an administrative division in southern Metro Manila, the Philippines. It is a coastal barangay in the city of Parañaque situated just south of Baclaran adjoining the Ninoy Aquino International Airport complex to the east. The approximate ...

, in the Philippines

Art, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

* Tambo, a character in minstrel shows who plays tambourine * Shelly Tambo, a fictional character in the US television series ''Northern Exposure''

Other

Tambo (Incan structure) A tambo (Quechua: ''tampu'', "inn") was an Incan structure built for administrative and military purposes. Found along the extensive roads, tambos typically contained supplies, served as lodging for itinerant state personnel, and were depositori ...

, a building found along Incan roads * Tambo (weapon), a very short staff used in martial arts