About Tanga
Tanga is a city in Tanga, Tanzania with a population of 393,429. It is the 9th largest of the 223 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Tanzania, and the 1,454th largest worldwide. It lies 391 km from Dodoma.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 11
Elevation
22 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
Coordinates
-5.069, 39.099
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 223 in TanzaniaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.