Chagga people

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The Chagga people are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group of farmers and traders primarily known for inhabiting the fertile slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro in northern Tanzania.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Chagga people canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
areKnownFor early adoption of coffee cultivation ⓘ
high levels of formal education in Tanzania ⓘ
intensive irrigated agriculture ⓘ
terraced farming on mountain slopes ⓘ
cashCrop coffee ⓘ
clanStructure patrilineal clans ⓘ
colonialHistory incorporated into German East Africa ⓘ
later under British Tanganyika ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Tanzania ⓘ
ethnonym Chaga ⓘ
Wachagga ⓘ
geographicDistribution Arusha Region ⓘ
Hai District ⓘ
Moshi District ⓘ
linked to: Moshi

Mwanga District ⓘ
Rombo District ⓘ
Same District ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
mbege banana beer ⓘ
modernReligionTrend predominantly Christian with syncretic practices ⓘ
populationCountry Tanzania ⓘ
primaryHabitat slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro ⓘ
linked to: Karatu
primaryLanguage Chaga language ⓘ
linked to: Chaga languages

Kichagga ⓘ
region Kilimanjaro Region ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Meru people (Tanzania) ⓘ
linked to: Meru people

Pare people ⓘ
Taita people ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Lutheranism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
traditional African religion ⓘ
secondaryLanguage English ⓘ
Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
subgroupOf Bantu peoples ⓘ
traditionalBeverage mbege ⓘ
traditionalCrop banana ⓘ
finger millet ⓘ
traditionalHousing round huts with thatched roofs ⓘ
traditionalIrrigationSystem mfongo furrow system ⓘ
traditionalOccupation agriculture ⓘ
trade ⓘ
traditionalPoliticalOrganization chiefdoms ⓘ
traditionalReligionFeature ancestor veneration ⓘ
belief in a high god ⓘ
traditionalReligionHighGod Ruwa ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kilimanjaro Region → hasEthnicGroup → Chagga people ⓘ
Moshi → hasNearbyEthnicGroup → Chagga people ⓘ
Moshi Rural District → ethnicGroup → Chagga people ⓘ
Hai District → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Chagga people ⓘ
Pare people → neighboringGroups → Chagga people ⓘ
Taita people → relatedEthnicGroup → Chagga people ⓘ
Arusha people → relatedEthnicGroup → Chagga people ⓘ