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'''Tanaga''' was a district of the port city of [[New Mombasa]], [[Africa]] on [[Earth]].<ref name="nmpdhq"/> It was part of the [[New Mombasa city center|city center]].<ref group="note">In [[Sadie's Story]], multiple areas seen in the ODST campaign are referred to as the city center. This includes [[Kikowani Station]] (Audio log 1, Circle 1, Arc 1), [[ONI Alpha Site]] and the [[New Mombasa Data Center]] (Audio log 8, Circle 3, Arc 2),  the [[NMPD Headquarters]] (Audio log 24, Circle 8, Arc 3), and [[Uplift Nature Reserve|the area]] in which the ''Solemn Penance'' arrived at (Audio log 3, Circle 1, Arc 3).</ref> Tanaga rested on a large arcology-like structure, with walls that sloped down to the level of the surrounding terrain.<ref>''Halo 3: ODST'', campaign level [[Prepare To Drop]]</ref> In the middle of the district was the [[NMPD Headquarters]] building.<ref name="nmpdhq"/>

By [[2552#October|October, 2552]] there were multiple construction projects in progress in this area. On October 20, 2552 and during the [[Battle of Mombasa]], members of [[Alpha-Nine]] attempted to regroup on the upper floors of the NMPD Headquarters. However this did not happen as the extraction [[D77C-NMPD Pelican|Pelican]] crash landed on a nearby under construction skyscraper.<ref name="nmpdhq">''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'', campaign level [[NMPD HQ (level)|NMPD HQ]]</ref> By the time Alpha-Nine evacuated the city, the Covenant had glassed most of the city excluding Tanaga.<ref>''Halo 3: ODST'', campaign level [[Coastal Highway]]</ref>