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Kuria
Total population
313,854 (in Kenya)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Tanzania, Kenya
Languages
Kuria
Religion
Traditional religions, Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Kisii, Luhya, other Bantu peoples
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The Kuria people (also known as the AbaKurya,[2] are a Bantu community in Tarime District of Mara Region in Tanzania and southern Kenya. Their homeland is bounded on the east by the Migori River and on the west by the Mara River estuary. Traditionally a pastoral and farming community, the Kuria grow maize, beans and cassava as food crops and coffee and maize as cash crops.[3]
^"2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume IV: Distribution of Population by Socio-Economic Characteristics". Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
^"Ethnic groups in Kenya". memtrick.com. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
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