Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Finnmark#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Label: | Bonakas |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Northern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Finnmark |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Øst-Finnmark |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Deatnu-Tana |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 9845 Tana |
Elevation M: | 3 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Coordinates: | 70.4267°N 28.2333°W |
,, or [2] is a village in Deatnu-Tana Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The village lies on the western bank of the Tana River, just north of the village of Rustefjelbma.[3]
Historically, Bonakas has been inhabited by the Sami people and Kven people, more recently newcomers from the more southern parts of Norway and Finland have moved in. However, Tana Municipality (unlike Porsanger Municipality) has not declared Kven an official language.