{{Short description|Coastal bay in Tanzania}} {{Infobox body of water |name = Tanga Bay |native_name = {{native phrase|sw|Ghuba la Tanga}} |image = Ship in the Tanga Bay.jpg |caption = Tanga Bay from Central |location = {{Flag|Tanzania}},<br/> Tanga Region,<br/> Tanga City Council |pushpin_map = Tanzania |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Tanzania |group = Pemba Channel |coords={{coord|5|02|25|S|39|06|53|E|type:waterbody_scale:2000000|display=inline,title}} |type = Bay |etymology = Tanga |designation = Protected waterbody |rivers = Sigi River & Mkulumuzi River |settlements = Tanga |oceans =Indian Ocean |length ={{convert|11|km|abbr=on}} |width ={{convert|2.8|km|abbr=on}} |area = |islands = Tanga Island & Ulenge Island }}
'''Tanga Bay''' (''Ghuba la Tanga'', in Swahili) is a bay in Mkinga District of Tanga Region of Tanzania.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-3542251&fid=6424&c=tanzania|title=Tanga Bay}}</ref> The bay is home to Tanga Island and is surrounded in the north by Chongoleani ward, west by Mabokweni and Mzizima wards. To the south is Central and Chumbageni wards.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/tanzania/northern/admin/|title=Tanzania: Northern Zone(Districts and Wards) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map}}</ref> The archaeological survey of the area demonstrated that the Tanga Bay and Amboni Caves regions offer sites worth funding for future excavations. It's probable that the ancient trading hub of ''Toniki'', which the Ptolemy claimed to be in latitude 4 South, was situated in the study region.<ref>Peter, Mandela, Abel D. Shikoni, and Felix A. Chami. "A preliminary report of an archaeological survey of the Tanga Bay vicinity, including Amboni caves perimeter, and the Kwale Island in the northern coast of Tanzania." Studies in the African Past 12 (2019): 98-103.</ref><ref>Marean, Curtis W., and John J. Shea. "Archaeological reconnaissance of the Mkulumuzi and Sigi river valleys, Tanga District, Tanzania." Nyame akuma 45 (1996): 72-81.</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Tanga District}} {{Tanga}} Category:Bays of Tanzania Category:Bays of the Indian Ocean {{List of African seas}} {{TangaTZ-geo-stub}}