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Chewa people

a Bantu ethnic group primarily found in Malawi and Zambia, with few populations in Mozambique
Intangible ethnic_group Q1071390
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Chewa people

Summary

Chewa people is an ethnic group[1]. It draws 74 Wikipedia views per month (ethnic_group category, ranking #561 of 4,529).[2]

Key Facts

  • Chewa was Chewa people's native language[3].
  • Chewa people is in the country of Malawi[4].
  • Chewa people is in the country of Zambia[5].
  • Chewa people is in the country of Zimbabwe[6].
  • Chewa people is in the country of Mozambique[7].
  • Chewa people's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[8].
  • Chewa people's Commons category is recorded as Chewa people[9].
  • Chewa people's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Chewa[10].
  • Chewa people's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Smithsonian Libraries African Ethnic Groups[11].

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Definition and Type

Chewa people's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[8].

Why It Matters

Chewa people draws 74 Wikipedia views per month (ethnic_group category, ranking #561 of 4,529).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

Malawi Mozambique Zambia Zimbabwe

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · Bischrob · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → a Bantu ethnic group primarily found in Malawi and Zambia, with few populations
    Sociomap id → SM250160
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14249]]: SM250160, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/273983|batch #273983]]"
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