The Doe (''Wadoe'' in

Swahili Swahili may refer to: * Swahili language, a Bantu language officially used in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda and widely spoken in the African Great Lakes. * Swahili people, an ethnic group in East Africa. * Swahili culture, the culture of the Swahili p ...

) are an ethnic and linguistic group based in northern coastal

Tanzania Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t ...

, in the

Bagamoyo District Bagamoyo District (''Wilaya ya Bagamoyo'', in Swahili language, Swahili) is one of eight administrative Districts of Tanzania, districts of Pwani Region in Tanzania. The district covers an area of . The district is surrounded by the Chalinze Di ...

and

Chalinze District Chalinze District Council () is one of nine administrative districts of Pwani Region in Tanzania. The district covers an area of . The district is comparable in size to the land area of Puerto Rico. Chalinze District is bordered to the northeas ...

Pwani Region Pwani Region () is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The Swahili word means 'coast'. With the town of Kibaha serving as the capital, the region borders the Tanga Region to the north, Morogoro Region to the west, Lindi Region to the ...

. In 1987 the Doe population was estimated to number 24,000.
Lewis, M. Paul (ed.), 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Retrieved November 2, 2011.

References

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