The Nilamba (also called Nyilamba) are a Bantu ethnic and linguistic group based in
Shinyanga Region
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Shinyanga Region (''Mkoa wa Shinyanga'' in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The regional capital is the municipality of Shinyanga.
The region is bordered to the north by the Mwanza, Mara, and Kagera Reg ...
in northern
Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands ...
. In 1987 the Nilamba population was estimated to number 400,000, with 50,000 other speakers of the
Nilamba languagebr>
Ethnic groups in Tanzania
Indigenous peoples of East Africa
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