Mbeere people

Mbeere
Map of the population around Mount Kenya (in french)
Total population
195,250
Regions with significant populations
Kenya
Languages
Embu (Kīmbeere dialect) • Swahili • English
Religion
African Traditional Religion • Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Kikuyu, Embu, Meru, Kamba, Sonjo and Dhaiso

The Mbeere or Ambeere people are a Bantu ethnic group inhabiting the former Mbeere District in the now-defunct Eastern Province of Kenya. According to the 2019 Kenya National census, there are 195,250 Mbeere who inhabit an area of 2,093 km2. They speak Kīmbeere language, a dialect of Embu, which is very similar to the languages spoken by their neighbours, the Kamba, Embu and Kikuyu.

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