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Bonakas
Bonakas
is a
village
in
Deatnu-Tana Municipality
in
Troms og Finnmark
county,
Norway
.
The village
lies
on the
western bank
of the
Tana River
, just
north
of
the village
of
Rustefjelbma
.
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
, has not
declared
Kven
an
official language
.