Tana Municipality
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. | |
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 |
| 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 |
| Website | Official website |
Deatnu (Northern Sami) or Tana (Norwegian) 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.
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.