The Mbugwe are a Bantu ethnic group based in the Babati District of

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and in southwestern

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. The Mbugwe are said to have originated from the Rangi and they speak a language that is related to Rangi. In 1999, the Mbugwe population was estimated to number 24,000.Ethnologue
''Languages of Tanzania''
accessed September 8, 2011. They speak the Mbugwe language, the following are places where Mbugwe tribe at the Manyara region are distributed in Mwada, Magugu, Babati etc.

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