Makua people
Bantu ethnic group of Mozambique and Tanzania / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Makua people, also known as Makhuwa or Wamakua, are a Bantu ethnic group found in northern Mozambique and the southern border provinces of Tanzania such as the Mtwara Region.[2][3] They are the largest ethnic group in Mozambique, and primarily concentrated in a large region to the north of the Zambezi River.[4]
Total population | |
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8,486,103 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
East Africa | |
Mozambique | 8,486,103 (26.1%)[1][lower-alpha 1] |
Languages | |
Makhuwa, Portuguese | |
Religion | |
Traditional African religions, Islam (Sunni), Christianity (Roman Catholic) | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Sotho-Tswana and Venda people | |
They are studied by sociologists in four geographical and linguistic sub-divisions: the lower or Lolo Makua, the upper or Lomwe Makua, the Maua and the Niassa Makua or Medo.[4][5] They speak variants of the Makua language, also called Emakua, and this is a Bantu-group language.[6] The total Makua population is estimated to be about 3.5 million of which over 1 million speak the lower (southern) dialect and about 2 million the upper (northern, Lomwe) version; given the large region and population, several ethnic groups that share the region with the Makua people also speak the Emakua.[6][7]