Fipa people

Fipa
Wafipa
Total population
195,000
Regions with significant populations
 Tanzania195,000
Languages
Fipa, Mambwe
Religion
Christian (70%), Muslim (30%)[1]

The Fipa (or Wafipa) are a Bantu ethno-linguistic group based in the Sumbawanga Rural and Nkasi districts of Rukwa Region in southwestern Tanzania speaking the Fipa and Mambwe languages. In 1992, the Fipa population was estimated to number 200,000, reduced to 195,000 in the 2002 census.[2]

  1. ^ "Fipa - Religion and Expressive Culture". Every Culture. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Fipa: A language of Tanzania". Ethnologue.