Tanga Island
Tanga Island known during German East Africa as Toten Island in old colonial maps is a small uninhabited and protected island situated north of the city of Tanga's harbour on Tanga Bay in Tanga Region, Tanzania.- Type: Island
- Description: island in Tanzania
- Also known as: “Island of the Dead” and “Toten Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mkwakwani Stadium and Bombo Hospital.
Mkwakwani Stadium
Stadium
Mkwakwani Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Tanga, Tanzania. It is used mostly for football matches, being the home venue for Coastal Union F.C., African Sports, and JKT Mgambo. It has a seating capacity of 15,000 people.
Bombo Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Bombo Regional Hospital is the referral regional hospital in Tanga, Tanzania. It was built by the Germans in 1901, the first hospital in East Africa. The hospital is affiliated with the National Institute of Medical Research center in Tanga, to which it is adjacent.
Popatlal Secondary School
School
Popatlal Secondary School was a co-educational, private, secondary school in the north-eastern Tanzanian city of Tanga. It was one of the oldest schools in the city.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tanga.
Tanga
Photo: Alifazal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tanga 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.
Tanga Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Tanga, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Zulu—“Tanga Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Toten Island”
- Dutch: “Toten Island”
- German: “Toten Island”
- Spanish: “Isla Toten”
- Swahili: “Kisiwa cha Toten”
- Zulu: “Toten Island”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tanga Inner Harbour and Lighthouse.
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