Rejang people
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| Rejang | |
|---|---|
| Total population | 330,000 |
| Regions with significant populations | Bengkulu Province Bengkulu Bengkulu is a province of Indonesia. It is on the southwest coast of the island of Sumatra, and borders the provinces of West Sumatra, Jambi, South Sumatra and Lampung. The capital and largest city is Bengkulu city. It was formerly the site of a British garrison, which they called Bencoolen... , Indonesia Indonesia Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an... |
| Language | Rejang Rejang language Rejang is spoken by the Rejang people in Bengkulu, Indonesia. It is a Malayo-Polynesian language but has not been further classified. It has five major dialects... |
| Religion | Islam Islam Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~... |
The Rejang people are an ethnic group
Ethnic group
An ethnic group is a group of people whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage, often consisting of a common language, a common culture and/or an ideology that stresses common ancestry or endogamy...
living mainly on the southwest coast of the island of Sumatra
Sumatra
Sumatra is an island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island entirely in Indonesia , and the sixth largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 with a population of 50,365,538...
, on the cool mountain slopes of the Barisan mountain range
Barisan Mountains
The Bukit Barisan or the Barisan Mountains are a mountain range on the western side of Sumatra, Indonesia, covering nearly 1,700 km from the north to the south of the island. The Bukit Barisan range consists primarily of volcanoes shrouded in dense jungle cover, including Sumatran tropical pine...
, in the province of Bengkulu
Bengkulu
Bengkulu is a province of Indonesia. It is on the southwest coast of the island of Sumatra, and borders the provinces of West Sumatra, Jambi, South Sumatra and Lampung. The capital and largest city is Bengkulu city. It was formerly the site of a British garrison, which they called Bencoolen...
, Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
. They speak the Rejang language
Rejang language
Rejang is spoken by the Rejang people in Bengkulu, Indonesia. It is a Malayo-Polynesian language but has not been further classified. It has five major dialects...
, which is quite different from the similarly named Rejang-Baram language group, which is spoken on the island of Borneo
Borneo
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in Sarawak
Sarawak
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and Kalimantan
Kalimantan
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.
The predominate crops of the Rejang are rice
Rice
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, tobacco
Tobacco
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, and coffee
Coffee
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. There are also local gold
Gold mining
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and silver mines
Silver mining
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.
The population is not well measured, with estimates from 250,000 to a million. The 2000 Indonesian census estimated the population at around 330,000.
Location
The Rejang people are more prevalent in the Kepahiang, LebongLebong Regency
Lebong Regency is a regency of Bengkulu, Indonesia. The capital lies at Muara Aman. Until 1966 it was part of South Sumatra....
, and Rejang Lebong
Rejang Lebong Regency
Rejang Lebong is one of the nine regencies of Bengkulu province, Indonesia. It covers 4.109,8 km² and has a population of 450,000 . Rejang Lebong is divided into six subdistricts or kecamatan: Bermani Ulu, Curup, Kota Padang, Padang Ulak Tanding, Selupu Rejang, and Sindang Kelingi...
regencies, than elsewhere in Bengkulu Province.