Tana, Norway : Ask Biography

Administration

Full name

Tana

Native name

Deatnu gielda

Country

Norway

County

Finnmark

Government

Administrative centre

Tana Bru

Mayor

Frank Martin Ingilæ

Geography

Total Area

1562.9 sq mi (4049 km2)

Land Area

1479.5 sq mi (3833 km2)

Area rank

Demography

Total Population

3004 (272) (2004)

Density (pop.)

1/km² (2.6/sq mi)

Change (10 yr)

-8.2

Demonym

Tanaværing

Other information

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

- Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

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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.

The areas of Tana, Berlevåg, and Polmak (separated from Lebesby on 1 January 1846) were merged together with the area of Nesseby (separated from Vadsø the same date) to create the greater municipality of Nesseby.

Tana (together with Berlevåg) was separated from Nesseby on 1 January 1864 and together with the area of Gamvik (separated from Lebesby the same date) these were merged to create the greater municipality of Tana.

The areas of Berlevåg and Gamvik were separated from Tana as municipalities of their own on 1 July 1913. The municipality of Polmak (separated from Nesseby on 1 January 1903) was merged with Tana on 1 January 1964.