| Total population | |
|---|---|
| ~ 6,000,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Tanzania | ~90% |
 Kenya | ~10% |
| Languages | |
| Chaga, Taita, Taveta, Pare (Asu/Chasu), Gweno, Mbugu and Rwo. | |
| Religion | |
 Christian,  Islam, African indigenous religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Bantu people, Maasai and South Cushites | |
The boundaries of this corridor can be defined within the Maasai territory (Map 1; Map 2). The corridor stretches from the Arusha Region, through the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania to the Taita-Taveta County of Kenya. To varying degrees, the people in this corridor are essentially a mixture of similar Bantu[1] (vandu, as the people), Nilotic (Maa speakers) and Cushitic (Muu, as the people) branches of the African people. The groups were dynamic, fluid and flexible. They shared a common history characterised by constant movement between the different areas for trade, battles, migration as well as social reasons. They were categorised arbitrarily by Europeans into the following culturally, linguistically and/or genetically related groups:
- ^ Philippson G, Montlahuc M-L. Kilimanjaro Bantu. In: Nurse D, Philippson G, editors. The Bantu languages. London: Routledge; 2003. pp. 470–500.