Tangoa Island

Tangoa
Island
Tangoa

Location in Vanuatu

Coordinates: 15°35′S 166°59′E / 15.59°S 166.99°E / -15.59; 166.99Coordinates: 15°35′S 166°59′E / 15.59°S 166.99°E / -15.59; 166.99
Country  Vanuatu
Province Sanma Province
Population (2009)
  Total 394
Time zone VUT (UTC+11)

Tangoa is an island in Vanuatu, located off the southern coast of Vanuatu's largest island Espiritu Santo in Sanma Province. The local inhabitants speak the Tangoa language.[1]

The Teachers' Training Institute (later renamed the Tangoa Training Institute) operated on the island from 1895 to 1970,[2] when the Presbyterian Church of Vanuatu established a Presbyterian Bible College there. This operated from 1971 to 1986, when it merged with the Aulua Theological Training Centre to form the Talua Ministry Training Centre.[3]

References

  1. "Tangoa". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  2. J. Graham Miller, Live, Volume 3, p. 176.
  3. "A Brief History of Talua". Talua Ministry Training Centre. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
Tangoa Island


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