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%.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: GRDN711, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: GRDN711, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- 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
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
Photo: AlbertHerring, CC BY 3.0.
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″ northLongitude
-75.9916° or 75° 59′ 30″ westPopulation
436Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
8796R2G5+F9OpenStreetMap ID
node 158548165OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
4788763Wikidata ID
Q1373391
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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”
- 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”
- Uzbek: “Tangier”
- Uzbek: “Тангиер”
- Volapük: “Tangier”
- Welsh: “Tangier, Virginia”
- Welsh: “Tangier”
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