Tanja, New South Wales

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{{Infobox Australian place

| type = suburb

| name = Tanja

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| state = nsw

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| coordinates = {{coord|36|38|00|S|149|58|00|E|display=inline,title}}

| pop = 157

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}

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| postcode = 2550

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| dist1 = 14

| dir1 = NE

| location1 = Bega

| lga = Bega Valley Shire

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| stategov = Bega

| fedgov = Eden-Monaro

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Tanja is a locality in the Bega Valley Shire of New South Wales, Australia.{{cite web | url=http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/place_naming/placename_search/extract?id=KWYboeqban | title=Extract | publisher=Geographical Names Board of New South Wales | accessdate=12 June 2018}} At the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Tanja had a population of 157.{{Census 2016 AUS | id = SSC13749 | name = Tanja (State Suburb) | accessdate = 15 June 2018 | quick = on}}

Tanja Public School is situated on Barrabooka Road. The school had an enrolment of 17 in 2017.{{cite web | url=http://www.tanja-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/ | title=Tanja Public School | accessdate=12 June 2018}} It dates from 1878, having originally begun in a room of the school teacher's own residence.{{cite news | url=https://www.begadistrictnews.com.au/story/5051576/early-moves-to-establish-tanja-school/ | title=Looking back: The early days of Tanja school education | work=Bega District News | date=13 November 2017 | accessdate=12 June 2018}}{{cite web | url=https://education.nsw.gov.au/about-us/our-people-and-structure/history-of-government-schools/school-database-search | title=School history database search | publisher=NSW Department of Education | accessdate=15 June 2018}}

Tanja Post Office opened on 1 September 1878 and closed on 28 August 1980.{{cite web | url=https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/viewpodet.w?cdpo=17586 | title=Tanja | publisher=Premier Postal | work=Post Office Reference | accessdate=28 June 2018}}