Thana
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Thana or Thâṇâ (Bengali: থানা, Hindi: थाना, Urdu: تھانہ) means "police station" in South Asian countries, and can also mean the district controlled by a police station.
- Thanas of Bangladesh, former subdistricts in the administrative geography of Bangladesh; later renamed to Upazila
- in (British) Indian history a thana was a group of princely (e)states deemed too small to perform all functions separately
Place names
- Thana, Kannur, Kerala, India
- Thana, Malakand, Pakistan, a village in Pukhtoon Khuwa
- Thane, Maharashtra, India
See also
- Tana (disambiguation)
- Thaana, also known as Tāna, the modern writing system of the Divehi language
- All pages with titles containing Thana