Mbeere people
Ethnic group in Kenya / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Mbeere or Ambeere people are a Bantu ethnic group inhabiting the former Mbeere District in the now-defunct Eastern Province of Kenya. According to the 2019 Kenya National census, there are 195,250[1] Mbeere who inhabit an area of 2,093 km2. They speak Kīmbeere language, a dialect of Embu, which is very similar to the languages spoken by their neighbours, the Kamba, Embu and Kikuyu.[2]
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Total population | |
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195,250[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Kenya | |
Languages | |
Embu (Kīmbeere dialect) • English | |
Religion | |
African Traditional Religion • Christianity | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Kikuyu, Embu, Meru, Kamba, Sonjo and Dhaiso |
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