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==Demographics== Buganda had a projected population of about 11,952,600 people in 2021.<ref name="ubospop2021">{{citation |title=Population Projections By District, 2015 to 2021| publisher=Uganda Bureau of Statistics|date=May 2020}}</ref> [[File:Blind Baganda Harpist.jpg|thumb|A blind Buganda harpist c. 1911]] ===Clans of Buganda=== As of 2009, there were at least 52 recognized clans within the kingdom, with at least another four making a claim to clan status. Within this group of clans, there are four distinct sub-groups, which reflect historical waves of immigration to Buganda.<ref>Kyazze, Jones Yosia: {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071129112920/http://ggwangamujje.com/content/docs/TheGandaClanSystem.pdf The Ganda Clan System]}}</ref> ====Nansangwa==== The oldest clans trace their lineage to Bakiranze Kivebulaya, who is supposed to have ruled in the region from about 400 AD until about 1300 AD. These seven clans are referred to as the Nansangwa, or the indigenous:<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBNAC |url=https://www.bbnac.org/clans/ |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=www.bbnac.org}}</ref> # [[File:Sculpture of the Lugave Clan.jpg|thumb|Lugave Clan]]Lugave ([[Pangolin]]) # Mmamba ([[Lungfish]]) # Ngeye ([[Mantled guereza|Colobus monkey]]) # Njaza ([[Reedbuck]]) # Ennyange ([[Cattle egret]]) # Fumbe ([[African civet|Civet cat]]) # Ngonge ([[Otter]]) # Mpindi ([[Cowpea]]) # Ngabi Ennyunga ([[Cape bushbuck|Bushbuck]]) ====Kintu migration==== The Abalasangeye dynasty came to power through the conquests of Kabaka of Buganda ssekabaka Kintu,<ref>{{citation |title=History of Buganda: From the Foundation of the Kingdom To 1900| publisher=CRC Press |year=1972| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=YLIqAAAAYAAJ|pages=35, 94, 95| isbn=9780841901148 }}</ref><ref>{{citation |title= shaping the Society Christianity and Culiture: Special Reference to the African Culture of Buganda | publisher=Author House |year=2012| url= https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1468579959|page=94}}</ref><ref>{{citation |title= The Kings of Buganda | publisher= East African Publishing House |year=1971| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=hnkWAAAAIAAJ|pages=42| isbn= 9780800216337 }}</ref><ref>{{citation |title= The historical tradition of Busoga, Mukama and Kintu| publisher= Clarendon Press |year=1972| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=hdZyAAAAMAAJ|pages=86, 87, 88| isbn= 9780198216735 }}</ref> which are estimated to have occurred sometime between 1200 and 1400 AD.<ref>{{citation |title= Afrique des Grands lacs | publisher= Zone Books |year=2003| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=IlpyAAAAMAAJ|page=113| isbn= 9781890951344 }}</ref><ref>{{citation |title= The Bitter Bread of Exile: The Financial Problems of Sir Edward ...| publisher=Progressive Publishing |year=2013| url= https://books.google.com/books?isbn=9970464000|pages=6 }}</ref><ref>{{citation |title= Myth, Ritual, and Kingship in Buganda | publisher= Oxford University Press |year=1991| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=4pZyAAAAMAAJ|pages=95| isbn= 9780195064360 }}</ref><ref>{{citation |title= Chronology, migration, and drought in interlacustrine Africa | publisher= Africana Pub. Co |year=1978| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=IkNyAAAAMAAJ|page=150| isbn= 9780841903777 }}</ref> [[File:Vervet Monkey in Uganda.jpg|alt=Vervet Monkey in Uganda|thumb|212x212px|[[Vervet monkey|Vervet Monkey]] in Uganda]] Thirteen clans that are believed to have come with Kintu: # Ekkobe ([[Liana]] fruit) # Mbwa ([[Dog]]) # Mpeewo ([[Oribi]] antelope) # Mpologoma ([[Lion]]) # Namuŋoona ([[Pied crow]]) # Ngo ([[Leopard]]) # Ŋonge ([[Otter]]) # Nte ([[cow]]) # Nkejje ([[Haplochromis|Cichlids]]) # Nkima ([[Vervet monkey]]) # Ntalaganya ([[Blue duiker]]) # Nvubu ([[Hippopotamus]]) # Nvuma ([[Pearl]]) The descendants of the [[Basimba people]] (also known as Bashimba) which is a [[Bissa language|Bisa]] and [[Ovambo language|Ambo]] nickname of the Clan of the leopards, the '''bena Ngo''' in Zambia, who settled at Mpogo, [[Sironko District]], are among the Ngo Clan group that come along with Kabaka Kato Kintu in his immigration. ====Kato Kimera migration==== Around 1370 AD another wave of immigration began, assisted by Kabaka [[Kimera of Buganda|Kimera]],<ref>{{citation |title= Dictionary of African Historical Biography| publisher=University of California Press |year=1989| url= https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0520066111|pages=72, 109}}</ref> who was the son of Omulangira Kalemeera. Kabaka Kimera was born in [[Kibulala, Ssingo|Kibulala]], and returned to Buganda with Jjumba of the Nkima clan and other Buganda elders. These eleven clans are: # Bugeme # Butiko (Mushrooms) # Kasimba ([[Genet (animal)|Genet]]) # Kayozi ([[Jerboa]]) # Kibe ([[Fox]]) # Mbogo ([[African buffalo|Buffalo]]) # Musu/Omusu ([[Gambian pouched rat|Edible rat]]) # Ngabi Ensamba([[Antelope]]) # Nkerebwe ([[Jungle Shrew]]) # Nsuma ([[Peters' elephantnose fish|snout fish]]) # Nseenene ([[Nsenene|Copiphorini]]) ===Major cities and towns=== The largest city in Buganda is Kampala. Others include Masaka City, [[Entebbe]], [[Nansana]], [[Kira Town|Kira]], [[Ssabagabo|Makindye-Ssabagabo]], Njeru and Mukono. ===Education=== Education in Buganda is divided between primary, secondary and higher education. ===Ethnic groups=== The majority of people in Buganda are [[Baganda]]. Other ethnic groups include the [[Soga people|Basoga]], [[Ankole|Banyankole]], [[Gisu people|Bagisu]], Bateeso, Bayindi. ===Religion=== There are several religions practiced in Buganda. The largest are [[Catholic Church|Catholicism]], [[Anglicanism]], [[Islam]], and the [[Traditional African religions|traditional]] Kiganda religion. Some people practice both traditional religions as well as Christianity or Islam.
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