Tanga Tourist Guide

Tanga Region covers 27,348 km2 (3% of the total area of the country)and has an estimated population of nearly two million inhabitants, with at least 300,000 living in Tanga City. While most people in the hinterland are small farmers and livestock keepers, the coastal rural inhabitants live off fishing and small-scale farming. Others are engaged in trades, boat building,salt harvesting and charcoal making. Tanga has the second largest port of Tanzania.