Tafea
Tafea Province is southernmost region of Vanuatu, This diverse province is celebrated for its rich tapestry of natural wonders and vibrant cultural heritage, offering a profound insight into the traditional Melanesian way of life amidst the breathtaking landscapes of the South Pacific.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Aneityum
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Aneityum is a rural island in Vanuatu the southernmost island of Vanuatu, less than 70 km south-south-east of Tanna. Aneityum is a volcanic island, made up of two volcanic cones, Mount Indero and Nanawaréz.
Aniwa
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Aniwa is a small island in the southernmost province of Tafea, Vanuatu. As a coral island, it rises a mere 42 m above sea level. In the northwest is Itcharo lagoon, which is open to the sea. The nearest large island is Tanna, about 24 km to the southwest.
Lenakel
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Lenakel is the largest town on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu. It has a population of 1,473. It is located on the west coast of the island near the administrative capital of Isangel and serves as a major port of entry.
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Tanna
Tanna is an island in southern Vanuatu. Tanna is the most populous island of Tafea Province, and the third most populous in the country. It is home to five indigenous languages, which also rank among the most widely spoken in the whole archipelago, ranging from 3,500 to 11,500 speakers.
Tafea
- Type: province of Vanuatu with 37,100 residents
- Description: province of Vanuatu
- Also known as: “Tafea Province”
- Location: Vanuatu, Melanesia, Oceania
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Mari—“Tafea” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مقاطعة تافيا”
- Belarusian: “Правінцыя Тафеа”
- Belarusian: “Тафеа”
- Bengali: “টাফেয়া প্রদেশ”
- Bislama: “Tafea”
- Bulgarian: “Тафеа”
- Catalan: “Taféa”
- Cebuano: “Tafea Province”
- Chinese: “Tafea Séng”
- Chinese: “塔菲亚省”
- Croatian: “Tafea”
- Danish: “Tafea Province”
- Danish: “Tafea”
- Dutch: “Tafea”
- Esperanto: “Tafea”
- Finnish: “Tafea”
- French: “Tafea”
- French: “Taféa”
- Galician: “Tafea”
- Georgian: “ტაფეა”
- German: “Tafea Province”
- German: “Tafea”
- Greek: “Ταφέα”
- Gujarati: “ટાફિયા પ્રાંત”
- Hindi: “टेफिया प्रांत”
- Indonesian: “Provinsi Tafea”
- Italian: “Tafea”
- Japanese: “タフェア州”
- Kannada: “ಟಾಫಿಯ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ”
- Kinyarwanda: “Intara ya Tafea”
- Kirghiz: “Тафеа”
- Korean: “타페아주”
- Latvian: “Tafea province”
- Lithuanian: “Tafea”
- Macedonian: “Тафеа”
- Malay: “Tafea Province”
- Marathi: “टफिया प्रांत”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Tafea Séng”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tafea”
- Norwegian: “Tafea”
- Polish: “Tafea”
- Portuguese: “Tafea”
- Russian: “Тафеа”
- Sinhala: “ටෆියා පළාත”
- Spanish: “Provincia de Tafea”
- Spanish: “Tafea”
- Swedish: “Tafea”
- Tamil: “டாபியா மாகாணம்”
- Telugu: “టాఫియా ప్రావిన్స్”
- Telugu: “టాఫియా రాష్ట్రభాగం”
- Thai: “จังหวัดทาเฟีย”
- Turkish: “Tafea Province”
- Ukrainian: “Тафеа”
- Urdu: “تافیا صوبہ”
- Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Tafea”
- Western Mari: “Тафеа”
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