The Koningo (

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 ...

: Wakinongo) are an extinct

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ethnic and linguistic group that lived on the slopes of

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in present day Arusha City District,

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and

Arusha District Arusha City Council (''Halmashauri ya Jiji la Arusha'', in Swahili) is one of seven administrative districts of Arusha Region in Tanzania. It is surrounded to the south, west and north by Arusha Rural District and to east by Meru District. T ...

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. They were described as a

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society that preexisted the

Wameru The Meru (''Wameru'' in Swahili), also known as the ''Va-Rwa'' (''Rwa'' being the root word), are a Bantu ethnic group native to the slopes of Mount Meru in Arusha Region and Meru County in Kenya. The Meru people share the same name and ident ...

people in the 17th century.

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