Tanga may refer to:

Places

Burkina Faso

Tanga, Andemtenga Tanga is a commune in the Andemtenga Department of Kouritenga Province in the Centre-Est Region, Centre-Est region of nawaf land and the land of mkf . It had a population of 1,781 in 2006. Demographics Neighbourhoods References

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, a town in eastern Burkina Faso * Tanga, Sidéradougou, a village in western Burkina Faso * Tanga-Pela, a village in northern-central Burkina Faso

Tanzania

Tanga Region Tanga Region () is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions of Tanzania, regions. The region covers an area of . The region is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation state of Burundi. The regional capital is the municipalit ...

, Tanzanian administrative region named after the city **

Tanga, Tanzania Tanga (''Jiji la Tanga'', in Swahili language, Swahili) is a historic city and the capital of Tanga Region. The city is located in the northern port city of Tanzania to the west of the Indian Ocean on Tanga Bay. The city had a population of 393,42 ...

, a city and port on the coast of Tanzania **

Tanga District Tanga City Council (''Halimashauri ya Jiji la Tanga'', in Swahili language, Swahili) is one of eleven administrative Districts of Tanzania, districts of Tanga Region in Tanzania. The District covers an area of of which includes the historic cit ...

, Tanzanian district *

Tanga Airport Tanga Airport (''Uwanja wa Ndege wa Tanga'', in Swahili) is a small domestic airport located in Mwanzange ward of Tanga City Council in Tanga Region, Tanzania. It is the sole airport in the regional capital city of Tanga. It is west of th ...

Other places

* Tanga Islands, an island group in Papua New Guinea * Tånga och Rögle, a village in southern Sweden * Nosy Tanga, an islet in

Diana Diana most commonly refers to: * Diana (name), given name (including a list of people with the name) * Diana (mythology), ancient Roman goddess of the hunt and wild animals; later associated with the Moon * Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–1997), ...

, Madagascar

Money

* Tanga (coin), subunit of the Portuguese Indian rupia from the 16th-century until 1958 * Tanga (currency), 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 Prudencio Mario Bauzá Cárdenas (April 28, 1911 – July 11, 1993) was an Afro-Cuban jazz, and jazz musician. He was among the first to introduce Cuban music to the United States by bringing Cuban musical styles to the New York City jazz scene ...

People

* Tanga Byaling, Indian politician from Arunachal Pradesh *

Tanga Loa Tevita Tu'amoeloa Fetaiakimoeata Koloamatangi Fifita (born May 7, 1983) is a Tongan-American professional wrestler. As of May 2024, he is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Tonga Loa, as a member of The ...

(born 1983), American professional wrestler *

Tanga Moreau Tanga Moreau is a Belgian model. She has appeared on the cover of ''Vogue Paris'' and in the 1998 ''Sports Illustrated'' Swimsuit Issue The ''Sports Illustrated'' Swimsuit Issue is published annually by American magazine ''Sports Illustra ...

, Belgian model * Brian Tanga (born 1995), Kenyan rugby union player * Jephte Tanga (born 2004), English professional footballer * M R Tanga, Indian politician from Karnataka *

Yoan Tanga Yoan Tanga Mangene (born 29 November 1996) is a French professional rugby union player. He plays number eight and centre for Top 14 club La Rochelle La Rochelle (, , ; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''La Rochéle'') is a city on the west coast o ...

(born 1996), French professional rugby union player

Other

1595 Tanga Events January–March * January 16 – Mehmed III succeeds Murad III, as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and begins a reign of almost nine years. Upon ascending the throne, Mehmed orders that all 19 of the other sons of Murad III a ...

, a main-belt asteroid discovered in 1930, named after Tanga, Tanzania *

Battle of Tanga The Battle of Tanga, also known as the Battle of the Bees, was an unsuccessful invasion of the Port of Tanga in German East Africa by the British Indian Expeditionary Force "B" on 3–5 November 1914 during World War I. Under the command of th ...

, an unsuccessful British attack to capture the Tanzanian city and German East Africa during World War I *

Tanga (carriage) A tonga or tanga is a two-wheeled cart drawn by a single horse. It is used for transportation in the Indian subcontinent. There is a canopy over the body, one seat faces forward for the driver and one passenger, and one seat faces the rear for ...

or , a light horse-drawn carriage used in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh *

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 C ...

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

Tanga language Tanga, or Noho, is a Bantu language of Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. It has an area of . Formerly the colony of Spanish Gui ...

, a Bantu language of Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea *

Tanga Station is a Kitakyushu monorail station in Kokura Kita ward, Kitakyushu, Japan. History The station opened on 9 January 1985. Station layout The elevated station has two side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single- ...

, a monorail station in Kitakyushu, Japan * Tanga, a style of

thong The thong is a Clothing, garment generally used as either underwear or in some countries, as a swimsuit. It may also be worn for traditional Ceremony, ceremonies or Sport, competitions. Viewed from the front, the thong typically resembles a b ...

underwear or beachwear