Mbundu people
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thumb|Ethnic map of Angola The Ambundu (also Mbundu or Kimbundu) (Mbundu: or , singular: (distinct from the Ovimbundu) are a Bantu people who live on a high plateau in present-day Angola just north of the Kwanza River. The Ambundu speak Kimbundu, and most also speak the official language of the country, Portuguese. They are the second biggest ethnic group in the country and make up 25% of the total population of Angola.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Ambundu
- Ethnic group.population
- 9,300,000 (2024)
- Ethnic group.langs
- Kimbundu, Portuguese
- Ethnic group.rels
- Christianity, African traditional religions
- Ethnic group.related
- Ovimbundu, other Bantu peoples, Afro-Brazilians
- Ethnonym.person
- Mumbundu
- Ethnonym.people
- Ambundu,Akwambundu
- Ethnonym.language
- Kimbundu
- Ethnonym.country
- Ndongo,Matamba
- Ethnonym.root
- Mbundu
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- ethnic group
- Native language
- Kimbundu
- Country
- Angola
- Population
- 4650000
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- Mbundu people
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Language
- Origins
- Early history
- Portuguese invasion
- Atlantic Slave Trade
- Notable people of Mbundu descent
- See also
- References
- Further reading
thumb|Ethnic map of Angola The Ambundu (also Mbundu or Kimbundu) (Mbundu: or , singular: (distinct from the Ovimbundu) are a Bantu people who live on a high plateau in present-day Angola just north of the Kwanza River. The Ambundu speak Kimbundu, and most also speak the official language of the country, Portuguese. They are the second biggest ethnic group in the country and make up 25% of the total population of Angola.
The Ambundu nowadays live in the region stretching to the East from Angola's capital city of Luanda (see map). They are predominant in the Bengo and Malanje provinces and in neighbouring parts of the Cuanza Norte and Cuanza Sul provinces. The head of the main Ambundu kingdom was called a Ngola, which is the origin of the name of the country Angola.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mbundu people” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.