Tana Municipality
Tana kommune Deanu gielda | |
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| Tanen herred (historic name) | |
 View of the old bridge that spanned the river Tanaelva. A new bridge has replaced it. The river banks on the right side of the photo, are part of the Varanger Peninsula. | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Finnmark within Norway | |
 Tana within Finnmark | |
| Coordinates: 70°11′58″N 28°11′09″E / 70.19944°N 28.18583°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Finnmark |
| District | Øst-Finnmark |
| Established | 1 Jan 1864 |
| • Preceded by | Lebesby Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Tana bru |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023) | Jon Erland Balto (Sp) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,051.28 km2 (1,564.21 sq mi) |
| • Land | 3,832.70 km2 (1,479.81 sq mi) |
| • Water | 218.58 km2 (84.39 sq mi) 5.4% |
| • Rank | #5 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,066.8 m (3,500.0 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
| • Total | 2,807 |
| • Rank | #239 in Norway |
| • Density | 0.7/km2 (2/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  −2.6% |
| Demonym | Tanaværing[2] |
| Official languages | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| • Sámi form | Northern Sami |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-5628[4] |
| Website | Official website |
Deatnu (Northern Sami) or Tana (Norwegian)[5] is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Tana bru. Among the other villages in the municipality are Austertana, Bonakas, Polmak, Rustefjelbma, and Skiippagurra.[6]
The 4,051-square-kilometre (1,564 sq mi) municipality is the 5th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Deanu-Tana is the 239th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,807. The municipality's population density is 0.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (1.8/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 2.6% over the previous 10-year period.[7][8]
- ^ "Høgaste fjelltopp i kvar kommune" (in Norwegian). Kartverket. 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ "Stadnamn og rettskriving" (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ Store norske leksikon. "Deatnu/Tana" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).