Rufiji people

E866740

The Rufiji people are an ethnic group of coastal Tanzania, traditionally living along the Rufiji River delta and known for fishing, agriculture, and riverine trade.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Rufiji ethnic group 1
Rufiji people canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
administrativeContext Rufiji District Council ⓘ
linked to: Rufiji District
associatedRiver Rufiji River ⓘ
climateZone tropical ⓘ
coastalFeature Indian Ocean coast ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Tanzania ⓘ
countryCapital Dodoma (national capital of Tanzania) ⓘ
linked to: Dodoma
countrySubdivision Pwani Region ⓘ
Rufiji District ⓘ
cropType cash crops ⓘ
food crops ⓘ
culturalAssociation Rufiji River floodplain ⓘ
linked to: Rufiji Delta
deltaSystem Rufiji River delta mangrove system ⓘ
linked to: Rufiji Delta
economicChallenge environmental changes in the Rufiji delta ⓘ
fluctuations in fish stocks ⓘ
economicZone coastal economy of Tanzania ⓘ
environment coastal mangrove areas ⓘ
river delta ⓘ
fishingMethod estuarine fishing ⓘ
river fishing ⓘ
historicalRole participants in local riverine trade networks ⓘ
producers of agricultural goods for coastal markets ⓘ
suppliers of fish to nearby inland communities ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
livelihoodDependence fertile floodplain soils ⓘ
river resources ⓘ
nearbyMajorCity Dar es Salaam ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroups Matumbi people ⓘ
Ndengereko people ⓘ
Ngindo people ⓘ
linked to: Matumbi people
primaryLocation Rufiji River delta ⓘ
linked to: Rufiji Delta

coastal Tanzania ⓘ
region East Africa ⓘ
religion Christianity (partial) ⓘ
linked to: Christianity

Islam (partial) ⓘ
linked to: Islam

traditional African beliefs (partial) ⓘ
subsistenceActivity small-scale farming ⓘ
traditionalEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
riverine trade ⓘ
traditionalHousingMaterial local timber ⓘ
thatch ⓘ
transportMode canoes ⓘ
small boats ⓘ
usesWaterwaysFor fishing ⓘ
trade ⓘ
transport ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Zaramo people → neighboringEthnicGroup → Rufiji people ⓘ
Rufiji River → nameSharesRootWith → Rufiji ethnic group ⓘ
linked to: Rufiji people