Kinga people

Kinga
Kinga man and woman from colonial period
Total population
1,000,000
Regions with significant populations
Kipengere Range, Makete
Languages
Kinga language, some Swahili[1]
Religion
Christianity, traditional African religion
Related ethnic groups
Nyakyusa, Magoma, Wanji, Mahanji(disputed)

The Kinga are an ethnic and linguistic group native to Mbeya Region and Makete District of Njombe Region, Tanzania, in the great Kipengere Range northeast of Lake Malawi. In 2003 the Kinga population was estimated to number 140,000.[2]

  1. ^ "Kinga". www.ethnologue.com. Retrieved 2008-08-14.
  2. ^ "Browse by Language Family". Ethnologue. 1999-02-19. Retrieved 2014-05-05.