Chagga people

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The Chagga people are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group of farmers and traders primarily known for inhabiting the fertile slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro in northern Tanzania.

All labels observed (1)

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Chagga people canonical 5

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people
ethnic group
areKnownFor early adoption of coffee cultivation
high levels of formal education in Tanzania
intensive irrigated agriculture
terraced farming on mountain slopes
cashCrop coffee
clanStructure patrilineal clans
colonialHistory incorporated into German East Africa
later under British Tanganyika
continent Africa
country Tanzania
ethnonym Chaga
Wachagga
geographicDistribution Arusha Region
Hai District
Moshi
surface form: Moshi District

Mwanga District
Rombo District
Same District
languageFamily Bantu languages
mbege banana beer
modernReligionTrend predominantly Christian with syncretic practices
populationCountry Tanzania
primaryHabitat Karatu
surface form: slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro
primaryLanguage Chaga languages
surface form: Chaga language

Kichagga
region Kilimanjaro Region
relatedEthnicGroup Meru people
surface form: Meru people (Tanzania)

Pare people
Taita people NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
Lutheranism
Roman Catholicism
traditional African religion
secondaryLanguage English
Swahili language
surface form: Swahili
subgroupOf Bantu peoples
traditionalBeverage mbege
traditionalCrop banana
finger millet
traditionalHousing round huts with thatched roofs
traditionalIrrigationSystem mfongo furrow system
traditionalOccupation agriculture
trade
traditionalPoliticalOrganization chiefdoms
traditionalReligionFeature ancestor veneration
belief in a high god
traditionalReligionHighGod Ruwa

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kilimanjaro Region hasEthnicGroup Chagga people
Moshi hasNearbyEthnicGroup Chagga people
Moshi Rural District ethnicGroup Chagga people
Hai District hasMajorEthnicGroup Chagga people
Pare people neighboringGroups Chagga people