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Ethnic group from Kigoma Region of Tanzania Ethnic group
Jiji
Regions with significant populations
Languages
Ha language
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Ha people & other Bantu peoples

Jiji people also known as Bajiji (Wajiji in Swahili) are a Bantu ethnic and linguistic group based in Kigoma Region, Tanzania. If tribes are classified by language and not by race, Bajiji (Jiji people) are part of Baha (Ha people) since their language is the same. Traditionally they were organized into a separate kingdom, Bujiji (Swahili Ujiji, same as the Swahili town of Ujiji near Kigoma), and formed part of Buha (Uha, Ha territory) with other kingdoms: Heru, Bushingo (Ushingo), Ruguru (Luguru), Muhambwe and Buyungu, all of them in Kigoma Region, Tanzania.

References

  1. Scherer, J. H. (1959). "The Ha of Tanganyika". Anthropos. 54 (5/6): 841–904. JSTOR 40453639.
Ethnic groups in Tanzania
Arusha
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Geita
Iringa
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Kigoma
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Zanzibar & Pemba
Immigrants
Kigoma Region
Capital: Kigoma
Districts
Native Peoples
National Historic Sites
  • Ujiji Livingstone Memorial Museum
  • Uvinza Iron Age Site
Rivers and Lakes
Major Cities and Towns
  • Uvinza Town
  • Kigoma City
  • Ujiji
  • Kasulu Town
National Parks and Reserves
National Landmarks
National Monuments
  • Livingstone Museum, Ujiji
  • Kigoma Railway Station
  • Nyerere House, Ujiji
  • Uvinza Salt Works


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