Machinga people

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Machinga
Regions with significant populations
 Tanzania36,000 (1987)
Languages
Matumbi language
Religion
Majority: Islam
Minority: African Traditional Religion,
Related ethnic groups
Matumbi people, Mwera , other Bantu peoples

The Machinga are a Bantu ethnic and linguistic group native to Kilwa District of Lindi Region on the southern Indian Ocean coast of Tanzania. In 1987 the Machinga population was estimated to be 36,000 people.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Tanzania | Ethnologue".