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Echuya Batwa
Total population
6,700 ()
Regions with significant populations
Uganda
Echuya Batwa, commonly known as pygmies, are an endangered group of people around Echuya Forest Reserve in Kisoro and Kabale Districts of South-Western Uganda. The Echuya is located in the Albertine Rift region recognized as an important eco-region. The Batwa are believed to have migrated from the Ituri Forest of the Democratic Republic of Congo in search of wild animals to hunt, hence the name Kisoro, literally meaning "the area occupied by wild animals". The Batwa live in small huts mainly made from sticks and grass,[1][2] and number 6,700 per a 2014 estimate by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics.[3]: 6
^"Meet the Batwa of Echuya Forest | Bwindi National Park". 2 June 2020. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
^Jewis, Jerome (2000). "THE BATWA PYGMIES OF THE GREAT LAKES REGION" (PDF). Report: 1–36.
^African International Christian Ministry. "RIGHT TO LAND: A HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION AMONG THE BATWA AND BENET INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF UGANDA" (PDF). Report. 1–9.
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