Tango Province

was an old province in the area of Kyoto Prefecture on the island of Honshū.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tango" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 948.  Along with Tamba Province, it was sometimes called . 

The province had borders with Tajima, Tamba, and Wakasa provinces.

Maizuru or Miyazu was the capital city of the province.

History
In 713 (Wadō 6, 3rd month), Tango was separated from Tamba province.Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, p. 64.  

In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures.  The maps of Japan and Tango Province were reformed in the 1870s.Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.

Geography
Tango faced the Sea of Japan.

Shrines and Temples
Kono jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Tango."Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2 ; retrieved 2012-1-17.

Related pages
 Provinces of Japan
 Prefectures of Japan
 List of regions of Japan
 List of islands of Japan

References

Other websites 

  Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903

Category:Former provinces of Japan