The Ngindo are an ethnic and linguistic group based in southern
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 ...
, eastern
Ruvuma Region
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, southern
Morogoro Region
Morogoro Region (''Mkoa wa Morogoro'' in Swahili language, Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative Regions of Tanzania, regions. It covers an area of . and is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation state of Ireland. M ...
and northern
Lindi Region
Lindi Region (''Mkoa wa Lindi'' in Swahili language, Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative Regions of Tanzania, regions. The region covers an area of . The region is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation state of Sr ...
means in current area includes
Liwale
Liwale is one of the six districts of the Lindi Region of Tanzania. It is the largest district in Lindi and one of the largest in districts in Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Pwani Region, to the east by the Kilwa District, to the so ...
and
Kilwa
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districts
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in current
Tanzania
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or former
Tanganyika, who speak the
Ngindo and
Ndendeule languages. In 1987 the Ngindo population was estimated to number 220,000.
Prominent Ngindo people include:
* Saidi Alli Amanzi, former District Commissioner of Masasi, Nyamagana, Morogoro and Singida from 2006 to 2016;
* poet Amir Abdallah Sudi '
Andanenga' whose nickname Andanenga derives from two Ngindo words where ''anda'' means 'like' and ''nenga'' means 'right me' or 'me', therefore better translated as 'like me and some others'.
Ethnic groups in Tanzania
Indigenous peoples of East Africa
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