Mbunga people

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The Mbunga are an ethnic and linguistic Bantu group from Kilolo District of Iringa Region and Morogoro Region in Tanzania. [1] In 1987 the Mbunga population was estimated to number 29,000. [2]

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References

  1. Gorman, Anthony (2009). Stokes, Jamie (ed.). Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Africa and the Middle East. Infobase Publishing inc. p. 455. ISBN   978-0-8160-7158-6 . Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  2. "Official census records" . Retrieved 14 April 2012.