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There is also a town in Taita-Taveta District called Taveta
Taveta
Wataveta women (published in Western field, 1902)
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26,590[1]
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Languages
Taveta
Religion
African Traditional Religion, Christianity
Related ethnic groups
People of the Kilimanjaro Corridor
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Taveta is the name of a tribe found in Kenya. It is also the name of the principal town in the land of the Taveta people and the name of the surrounding subdistrict of Kenya.
^"2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume IV: Distribution of Population by Socio-Economic Characteristics". Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
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