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Total population | |
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313,854 (in Kenya)[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Tanzania, Kenya | |
Languages | |
Kuria | |
Religion | |
Traditional religions, Christianity | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Kisii, Luhya, other Bantu peoples |
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The Kuria people (also known as the AbaKurya,[2] are a Bantu community in Tarime District of Mara Region in Tanzania and southern Kenya. Their homeland is bounded on the east by the Migori River and on the west by the Mara River estuary. Traditionally a pastoral and farming community, the Kuria grow maize, beans and cassava as food crops and coffee and maize as cash crops.[3]