Tangier
Tangier is a town in Accomack County, Virginia, United States, on Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay. The population was 436 at the 2020 census. Since 1850, the island's landmass has been reduced by 67%.- Type: Village with 436 residents
- Description: town in Accomack County, Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Tangier, VA” and “Tangier, Virginia”
- Postal code: 23440
Places of Interest
Highlights include Swain Memorial United Methodist Church Cemetery and Tangier Island.
Tangier Island
Island
Tangier is a town in Accomack County, Virginia, United States, on Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay. The population was 436 at the 2020 census. Since 1850, the island's landmass has been reduced by 67%.
Tangier Island Airport
Aerodrome
Tangier Island Airport is an airport located on Tangier Island in the lower Chesapeake Bay. It is located in the state of Virginia. The airport conducts an average of 83 movements a month.
Tangier
- Categories: town in the United States and locality
- Location: Accomack, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.82624° or 37° 49′ 35″ north
Longitude
-75.9916° or 75° 59′ 30″ west
Population
436
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
8796R2G5+F9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Tangier” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تانغير”
- Basque: “Tangier”
- Belarusian: “Танжэр”
- Catalan: “Tangier”
- Cebuano: “Tangier”
- Chechen: “Танжер”
- Chinese: “Tangier”
- Chinese: “丹吉尔”
- Dutch: “Tangier”
- French: “Tangier”
- German: “Tangier”
- Gilaki: “تنگیر (ويرجينيا)”
- Gilaki: “تنگیر”
- Haitian: “Tangier, Vijini”
- Haitian: “Tangier”
- Hungarian: “Tangier”
- Italian: “Tangier”
- Japanese: “タンジール島”
- Ladin: “Tangier”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Tangier”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tangier”
- Norwegian: “Tangier”
- Persian: “تانژیر”
- Polish: “Tangier”
- Portuguese: “Tangier”
- Serbian: “Танџир”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Tangier, Virginia”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Tangier”
- South Azerbaijani: “تانجیر، ویرجینیا”
- Spanish: “Islas Tangier”
- Spanish: “Tangier”
- Tatar: “Танжер”
- Turkish: “Tangier”
- Ukrainian: “Танжер”
- Urdu: “ٹنجیئر، ورجینیا”
- Uzbek: “Tangier”
- Uzbek: “Тангиер”
- Volapük: “Tangier”
- Welsh: “Tangier, Virginia”
- Welsh: “Tangier”
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Notable Places Nearby
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