Tafea Province

Tafea is the southernmost province of the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu. The region includes the main islands of Tanna, Aniwa, Futuna, and Erromango Aneityum, and several smaller islands, and is adjacent to the location in the north of Shefa Province.

Just as the names of the other five provinces Tafea is a portmanteau formed from the initial letters of the province forming main islands or island groups, here Tanna, Aniwa, Futuna, Erromango and anatomist from.

On a land area of ​​1628 km ² live today 32540 people (as of the census of 2009). The provincial capital Isangel lies on the west coast of Tanna.

19 ° 29 ' 15 " S, 169 ° 19' 50" E - 19.4875169.33055555556

19 ° 15 '1 " S, 169 ° 36 ' 4" O- 19.250277777778169.60111111111

19 ° 31 ' 47 " S, 170 ° 13' 8" E - 19.529722222222170.21888888889

18 ° 48 ' 50 "S, 169 ° 7' 22" E - 18.813888888889169.12277777778

20 ° 11 ' 18 " S, 169 ° 49' 34" E - 20.188333333333169.82611111111

19 ° 30 ' S, 169 ° 30' E - 19.5169.5

1) including Goat Iceland (5.6 km northeast 0.1 km ² ) and Vete Manung Iceland (15 km northeast) 2) including Inyeug ( 0.6 km south-west, Airport Aneityum ), but without the remote, disputed Matthew and Hunter Islands, which are considered by the inhabitants of Aneityum as property