Manda (ethnic group)
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The Manda are an ethnic and linguistic group based in Ludewa
District in the Iringa Region
of southern Tanzania
, along the eastern shore of Lake Malawi
. In 2002 the Manda population was estimated to number 22,000 http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=TZ.
Ludewa
Ludewa is one of 7 districts in the Iringa Region in Tanzania. It is also the name of the capital city of the district which goes by the same name. A hospital is located in the city...
District in the Iringa Region
Iringa Region
Iringa is one of Tanzania's 26 administrative regions. The regional capital is Iringa. The total area is , of which land area is 56,864 km sq and water area is 2,070 km² ....
of southern Tanzania
Tanzania
The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...
, along the eastern shore of Lake Malawi
Lake Malawi
Lake Malawi , is an African Great Lake and the southernmost lake in the Great Rift Valley system of East Africa. This lake, the third largest in Africa and the eighth largest lake in the world, is located between Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania...
. In 2002 the Manda population was estimated to number 22,000 http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=TZ.