Taku

Taku may refer to:

Places

North America

• the Taku River, in Alaska and British Columbia
  • Fort Taku, also known as Fort Durham and as Taku, a former fort of the Hudson's Bay Company near the mouth of the Taku River
  • the Taku Glacier, in Alaska near Juneau
  • Taku Harbor, in Alaska, near Juneau
  • Taku Inlet, in Alaska
  • the Taku Plateau, in British Columbia
• Taku Arm of Tagish Lake in British Columbia
  • Taku, British Columbia, a locality on Tagish Lake

Asia

• Taku Forts, forts on the south bank of the Hai He, in Tanggu District, Tianjin municipality, in northeastern China
• Taku, Saga, a city located in Saga prefecture on the island of Kyūshū, Japan
• Taku, India, a town in India

Peoples

• The Taku people, an Alaska Native group, who are a kwaan or tribe of the Tlingit

People

Surnamed "Taku"

• Moses Taku, a rabbi, 13th-century Tosafist from Bohemia
• Afrim Taku (born 1989), an Albanian soccer player
• Akwo Tarh Ayuk Taku (born 1992), Cameroonian soccer player

Nicknamed "Taku"

• Taku, a nickname for Takuma Sato
• Taku, a nickname for people named Takudzwa, Takura or Takunda in the Shona language

Given name "Taku"

"Taku" is a Japanese male given name

• Taku Sugimoto, Japanese guitarist
• Taku Takahashi (born 1974), one half of the hip-hop duo M-Flo
• Taku Hirano, a Japanese percussionist and one half of the electronic duo Tao of Sound

Transportation

• HMS Taku (N38), a 1939 British T class submarine
• MV Taku, a 1963 vessel for the Alaska Marine Highway System
• USC&GS Taku, a 1898 United States Coast Guard and Geodetic Survey ship
• Taku Station, a railway station in Taku, Saga, Japan

Animals

• Taku (whale), an Orca (killer whale) that once lived at SeaWorld
• The Fijian name for the Hawksbill turtle

Other uses

• Battle of Taku Forts (disambiguation), several battles in China
• Takuu language or "Taku", a Polynesian language (ISO 639-3:nho)
• 9574 Taku, an asteroid

See also

• Taku High School, in Taku, Saga, Japan
• Naka-Taku Station, a railway station in Taku, Saga, Japan
• Higashi-Taku Station, a railway station in Taku, Saga, Japan
• Taku River Tlingit First Nation
• Takou, Burkina Faso, a village
• Takuu Atoll, sometimes written as "Takū"
• All pages beginning with "Taku"