 4-faced Ngontang mask of Fang people | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| ~1 million[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Equatorial Guinea (85%) Cameroon Gabon | |
| Languages | |
| Fang language, French, Spanish, Portuguese, English | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity, some syncretic with Traditional African religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Beti-Pahuin peoples |
The Fang people, also known as Fãn or Pahouin, are a Bantu ethnic group found in Equatorial Guinea, northern Gabon, and southern Cameroon.[2][1] Representing about 85% of the total population of Equatorial Guinea, concentrated in the Río Muni region, the Fang people are its largest ethnic group.[3] The Fang are also the largest ethnic group in Gabon, making up about a quarter of the population.[4]
- ^ a b Anthony Appiah; Henry Louis Gates (2010). Encyclopedia of Africa. Oxford University Press. pp. 415–419, 460. ISBN 978-0-19-533770-9.
- ^ Fang people, Encyclopædia Britannica
- ^ Jamie Stokes (2009). Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Africa and the Middle East. Infobase. pp. 225–227. ISBN 978-1-4381-2676-0.
- ^ Equatorial Guinea People and Society; Cameroon People and Society; Gabon People and Society; CIA Factbook