The Vidunda are a
matrilineal
Matrilineality, at times called matriliny, is the tracing of kinship through the female line. It may also correlate with a social system in which people identify with their matriline, their mother's lineage, and which can involve the inheritan ...
Bantu ethnolinguistic group based in
Kilosa District
Kilosa District is one of the six Districts of Tanzania, districts of the Morogoro Region of Tanzania. Its administrative seat is the town of Kilosa. Kilosa District covers . It is bordered to the north by the Manyara Region, to the northeast b ...
of
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 ...
,
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 ...
. The Vidunda live in south of
Mikumi
Mikumi is a town in the Morogoro Region of Tanzania, adjacent to Mikumi National Park. It is at the crossroads to the Great Ruaha River valley and Kilombero sugar factory, and the southern highland regions of Iringa and Mbeya. It is near the large ...
and north of the
Great Ruaha River, including in the
Uvidunda Mountains
The Uvidunda Mountains are a mountain range in Tanzania's Morogoro Region Kilosa district. The Mountains named after the Vidunda people native to the Mountains. Uvidunda Mountains located with more than 6 untouched waterfalls trail.The Uvidunda ...
. The Vidunda population was estimated to number 90,000. The Vidunda practice Christianity or Islam.
References
Ethnic groups in Tanzania
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