Jita
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The Jita are an ethnic and linguistic group based in Mara Region
in northern Tanzania
, on the southeastern shore of Lake Victoria
. In 1987 the Jita population was estimated to number 217,000 http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=TZ.
Mara Region
Mara is one of the 26 regions of Tanzania. The region is named after the Mara River. Musoma serves as the Region's capital.The neighbouring regions are Mwanza and Shinyanga , Arusha and Kagera . To the north east, it borders the Republic of Kenya...
in northern Tanzania
Tanzania
The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...
, on the southeastern shore of Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria is one of the African Great Lakes. The lake was named for Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, by John Hanning Speke, the first European to discover this lake....
. In 1987 the Jita population was estimated to number 217,000 http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=TZ.