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| Burundi |
| Ethnic Groups: |
Hutu (Bantu) 85%, Tutsi (Hamitic) 14%, Twa (Pygmy) 1%, Europeans 3,000, South Asians 2,000 |
| Religion: |
Christian 67% (Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 5%), indigenous beliefs 23%, Muslim 10% |
| Languages: |
Kirundi (official), French (official), Swahili (along Lake Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura area) |
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| Djibouti |
| Ethnic Groups: |
Somali 60%, Afar 35%, French, Arab, Ethiopian, and Italian 5% |
| Religion: |
Muslim 94%, Christian 6% |
| Languages: |
English French (official), Arabic (official), Somali, Afar |
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| Eritrea |
| Ethnic Groups: |
ethnic Tigrinya 50%, Tigre and Kunama 40%, Afar 4%, Saho (Red Sea coast dwellers) 3%, other 3% |
| Religion: |
Muslim, Coptic Christian, Roman Catholic, Protestant |
| Languages: |
Afar, Arabic, Tigre and Kunama, Tigrinya, other Cushitic languages |
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| Ethiopia |
| Ethnic Groups: |
Oromo 40%, Amhara and Tigre 32%, Sidamo 9%, Shankella 6%, Somali 6%, Afar 4%, Gurage 2%, other 1% |
| Religion: |
Muslim 45%-50%, Ethiopian Orthodox 35%-40%, animist 12%, other 3%-8%
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Amharic, Tigrinya, Oromigna, Guaragigna, Somali, Arabic, other local languages, English (major foreign language taught in schools) |
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| Kenya |
| Ethnic Groups: |
Kikuyu 22%, Luhya 14%, Luo 13%, Kalenjin 12%, Kamba 11%, Kisii 6%, Meru 6%, other African 15%, non-African (Asian, European, and Arab) 1% |
| Religion: |
Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, indigenous beliefs 10%, Muslim 10%, other 2%. Note: a large majority of Kenyans are Christian, but estimates for the percentage of the population that adhheres to Islam or indigenous beliefs vary widely |
| Languages: |
English (official), Kiswahili (official), numerous indigenous languages |
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| Rwanda |
| Ethnic Groups: |
Hutu 84%, Tutsi 15%, Twa (Pygmoid) 1% |
| Religion: |
Roman Catholic 56.5%, Protestant 26%, Adventist 11.1%, Muslim 4.6%, indigenous beliefs 0.1%, none 1.7% (2001) |
| Languages: |
Kinyarwanda (official) universal Bantu vernacular, French (official), English (official), Kiswahili (Swahili) used in commercial centers |
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| Somalia |
| Ethnic Groups: |
Somali 85%, Bantu and other non-Somali 15% (including Arabs 30,000 |
| Religion: |
Sunni Muslim |
| Languages: |
Somali (official), Arabic, Italian, English |
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| Tanzania |
| Ethnic Groups: |
mainland - native African 99% (of which 95% are Bantu consisting of more than 130 tribes), other 1% (consisting of Asian, European, and Arab); Zanzibar - Arab, native African, mixed Arab and native African |
| Religion: |
mainland - Christian 30%, Muslim 35%, indigenous beliefs 35%; Zanzibar - more than 99% Muslim |
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Kiswahili or Swahili (official), Kiunguju (name for Swahili in Zanzibar), English (official, primary language of commerce, administration, and higher education), Arabic (widely spoken in Zanzibar), many local languages. Note: Kiswahili (Swahili) is the mother tongue of the Bantu people living n Zanzibar and nearby coastal Tanzania; although Kiswahili is Bantu in structure and origin, its vocabulary draws on a variety of sources, including Arabic and English, and it has become the lingua franca of central and eastern Africa; the first language of most people is one of the local languages |
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| Uganda |
| Ethnic Groups: |
Baganda 17%, Ankole 8%, Basoga 8%, Iteso 8%, Bakiga 7%, Langi 6%, Rwanda 6%, Bagisu 5%, Acholi 4%, Lugbara 4%, Batoro 3%, Bunyoro 3%, Alur 2%, Bagwere 2%, Bakonjo 2%, Jopodhola 2%, Karamojong 2%, Rundi 2%, non-African European, Asian, Arab) 1%, other 8% |
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Roman Catholic 33%, Protestant 33%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 18% |
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English (official national language, taught in grade schools, used in courts of law and by most newspapers and some radio broadcasts), Ganda or Luganda (most widely used of the Niger-Congo languages, preferred for native language publications in the capital and may be taught in school), other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic |
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