Tanga may refer to:

Places

Burkina Faso

* , a town in eastern Burkina Faso *

Tanga, Sidéradougou Tanga is a village in the Sidéradougou Department of Comoé Province in south-western Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bo ...

, a village in western Burkina Faso *

Tanga-Pela Tanga-Pela is a village in the Sabce Department of Bam Province in northern-central Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , borde ...

, a village in northern-central Burkina Faso

Other places

Tanga, Tanzania Tanga is both the name of the most northerly port city of Tanzania on the west of the Indian Ocean, and the capital of Tanga Region. It had a population of 273,332 in 2012. The name ''Tanga'' means "sail" in Swahili. The city of Tanga sits on t ...

, a city and port on the coast of Tanzania * Tanga Airport * Tanga Region, Tanzanian administrative region named after the city * Tanga District, Tanzanian district *

Tanga Islands The Tanga Islands are an island group in Papua New Guinea, located north-east of New Ireland and part of the Bismarck Archipelago. Tanga is made up of four main islands — Boang, Maledok, Lif and Tefa — and a number of smaller, uninhabited i ...

, an island group in Papua New Guinea *

Tånga och Rögle Tånga och Rögle is a locality situated in Helsingborg Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Ki ...

, a village in southern Sweden

Money

Tanga (coin) The rupia was the currency of Portuguese India sometime after 1668 until 1958. Prior to 1668, the currency unit was ''Xerafim'' (''xerafin'', ''xeraphin''). In 1666, the Portuguese administration struck a silver coin calling it double ''xerafin ...

, subunit of the Portuguese Indian rupia from the 16th-century until 1958 *

Tanga (currency) The tanga was a unit of currency in Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhur ...

, subunit of the Tajikistani ruble from 1995 to 2000

Entertainment

* ''Tanga'' (film), a 1987 Brazilian comedy film * "Tangá", a 1943 pioneering Afro-Cuban jazz composition by Mario Bauzá

Other

1595 Tanga Events January–June * January – Mehmed III succeeds Murad III, as sultan of the Ottoman Empire. * January 17 – During the French Wars of Religion, Henry IV of France declares war on Spain. * April 8 (March 29 O.S.) &nda ...

, a main-belt asteroid discovered in 1930, named after Tanga, Tanzania * Battle of Tanga, an unsuccessful British attack to capture the Tanzanian city and German East Africa during World War I * Tanga (carriage) or , a light horse-drawn carriage used in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh *

Tanga (clothing) The thong is a garment generally used as either underwear or in some countries, as a swimsuit. It may also be worn for traditional ceremonies or competitions. Viewed from the front, the thong typically resembles a bikini bottom, but at the b ...

, a minimal style of bikini, with triangular front and rear and elastic sides *

Tanga Cement Tanga Cement Public Limited Company is a cement manufacturing company in Tanzania. Its shares of stock are listed on the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange, where they trade under the symbol TCCL. Location The company maintains corporate offices at Co ...

, a cement company of Tanzania, named after the city *

Tanga language Tanga, or Noho, is a Bantu language of Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria ...