Tanna

Tanna is an in southern . Tanna is the most populous island of , 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.
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is the largest town on the island of Tanna in .

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is on Tanna Island, which is in the of .

is in on Tanna island.

Tanna

Latitude of center
-19.5293° or 19° 31′ 46″ south
Longitude of center
169.3857° or 169° 23′ 9″ east
Population
28,800
Elevation
1,084 metres (3,556 feet)
IATA airport code
TAH
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Western Mari—“Tanna” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Islla Tanna”
  • Basque: “Tanna (uhartea)”
  • Basque: “Tanna”
  • Bislama: “Tanna aeland”
  • Bulgarian: “Тана”
  • Catalan: “Tanna”
  • Cebuano: “Tanna”
  • Chinese: “塔納島”
  • Czech: “Tanna”
  • Danish: “Tanna”
  • Dutch: “Tanna”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تانا”
  • Esperanto: “Tanna”
  • Estonian: “Tanna saar”
  • Estonian: “Tanna”
  • Finnish: “Tanna”
  • French: “Île de Tanna”
  • French: “Tanna”
  • Galician: “Tanna”
  • Georgian: “ტანა”
  • German: “Tanna”
  • Greek: “Τάνα”
  • Hebrew: “טאנה”
  • Indonesian: “Tanna”
  • Italian: “Tanna”
  • Japanese: “タンナ島”
  • Korean: “탄나 섬”
  • Korean: “탄나섬”
  • Lithuanian: “Tana”
  • Macedonian: “Тана (остров)”
  • Macedonian: “Тана”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tanna”
  • Persian: “تانا”
  • Polish: “Tanna”
  • Portuguese: “Tana”
  • Portuguese: “Tanna”
  • Russian: “Танна”
  • Serbian: “Тана”
  • Slovenian: “Tanna”
  • Spanish: “Tanna”
  • Swahili: “Tanna”
  • Thai: “เกาะตันนา”
  • Ukrainian: “Танна”
  • Vietnamese: “Tanna”
  • Western Mari: “Танна”

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