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The Bwile people are an ethnic group that live in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Zambia around the northern part of Lake Mweru. The Bwile language was spoken by 12,400 in Luapula Province of Zambia according to the 1969 census, and by 12,400 in the DRC as of 2002, in the Haut-Katanga Province, Pweto Territory at the north end of Lake Mweru.The Bwile people in Zambia live in the Chiengi District on the north-east shore of Lake Mweru, where they migrated from the Luba-Lunda region of the DRC.They also live in part of Nchelenge District.They occupy the northern end of the lake Mweru fishery from up to .

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  • The Bwile people are an ethnic group that live in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Zambia around the northern part of Lake Mweru. The Bwile language was spoken by 12,400 in Luapula Province of Zambia according to the 1969 census, and by 12,400 in the DRC as of 2002, in the Haut-Katanga Province, Pweto Territory at the north end of Lake Mweru.The Bwile people in Zambia live in the Chiengi District on the north-east shore of Lake Mweru, where they migrated from the Luba-Lunda region of the DRC.They also live in part of Nchelenge District.They occupy the northern end of the lake Mweru fishery from up to . As of 2010 the Bwile people of Zambia were led by Senior Chief Puta.Chief Nkweto of the DRC was the Paramount Chief of the Bwile people in Zambia and the DRC. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bwile people. (en)
  • El pueblo bwile (también llamado bwilile o aanza)​ es de origen bantú. Se concentran en la zona nororiental de Zambia en la margen noreste del lago Moero, en la provincia de Luapula. También ocupan tierras contiguas de la provincia de Alto Katanga en la República Democrática del Congo.​ Hablan el (problabe lengua sabi) y se estima su población en 124.000 personas​ distribuidas entre la República Democrática del Congo (22.000)​ y Zambia (103.000).​ Se relaciona su origen con el . Junto a ellos formaban parte de una amalgama de etnias que realizaron un movimiento poblacional entre los siglos XI y XIV desde el norte siguiendo el curso del y se fueron estableciendo en el entorno del lago Moero.​​ También se cruzaron con una rama del (bantú) que se desplazaba por la región en el siglo XVII. De este encuentro surgió un reino común que estuvo liderado por el jefe bemba Nkuba que consiguió a través de varias dinastías nkuba sostenerse hasta el siglo XVIII.​ De las personas nacidas en los matrimonios entre bemba y bwile se originó una nueva comunidad que habita la región, el .​La independencia del reino bemba-bwile se vio interrupida en 1740 por la invasión del perteneciente a la etnia lunda.​ El dominio kazembe mantuvo a los bwile bajo su imperio hasta entrado el siglo XIX.​ (es)
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  • The Bwile people are an ethnic group that live in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Zambia around the northern part of Lake Mweru. The Bwile language was spoken by 12,400 in Luapula Province of Zambia according to the 1969 census, and by 12,400 in the DRC as of 2002, in the Haut-Katanga Province, Pweto Territory at the north end of Lake Mweru.The Bwile people in Zambia live in the Chiengi District on the north-east shore of Lake Mweru, where they migrated from the Luba-Lunda region of the DRC.They also live in part of Nchelenge District.They occupy the northern end of the lake Mweru fishery from up to . (en)
  • El pueblo bwile (también llamado bwilile o aanza)​ es de origen bantú. Se concentran en la zona nororiental de Zambia en la margen noreste del lago Moero, en la provincia de Luapula. También ocupan tierras contiguas de la provincia de Alto Katanga en la República Democrática del Congo.​ Hablan el (problabe lengua sabi) y se estima su población en 124.000 personas​ distribuidas entre la República Democrática del Congo (22.000)​ y Zambia (103.000).​ (es)
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