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Venda people

Bantu people native to southern Africa living near the South African-Zimbabwean border; speak Venda, a language arising from interactions with Sotho-Tswana and Kalanga groups; associated with the 13th-century Kingdom of Mapungubwe
Intangible ethnic_group Q1785209
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Venda people

Summary

Venda people is an ethnic group[1]. It draws 2,868 Wikipedia views per month (ethnic_group category, ranking #487 of 4,529).[2]

Key Facts

  • Venda people is in the country of South Africa[3].
  • Venda people is in the country of Zimbabwe[4].
  • Venda people's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[5].
  • Venda people's Commons category is recorded as Venda people[6].
  • Venda people's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Venda people[7].
  • Venda people's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Smithsonian Libraries African Ethnic Groups[8].

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Definition and Type

Venda people's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[5].

Why It Matters

Venda people draws 2,868 Wikipedia views per month (ethnic_group category, ranking #487 of 4,529).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

South Africa Zimbabwe

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'az', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'eu', 'fi', 'fr', 'kk', 'lbe', 'lv', 'mrj',
    Gnd id → 4108177-8
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56529|batch #56529]]: Import GNDs from dewiki"
  2. 9d ago · Bischrob · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sociomap id → SM250795
    Wikidata description → Bantu people native to southern Africa living near the South African-Zimbabwean
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14249]]: SM250795, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/274927|batch #274927]]"
  3. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    Instance of → ethnic group
    Topic's main category → Category:Venda people
    Country → South Africa, Zimbabwe
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007536551005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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