Manjak people
West African ethnic group residing in Guinea-Bissau, The Gambia, Senegal and Portugal. / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Manjak people or the Manjaco (Manjak: Manjaku; French: Mandjak; Portuguese: Manjaco; Wolof: Njaago; Jola: Manjago) are a West African ethnic group who primarily reside in Guinea-Bissau with smaller communities in The Gambia, Portugal, Senegal and Cape Verde. The Manjaco constitute about 14% of the population of Guinea-Bissau. Within Guinea-Bissau, the people primarily live in the Bassarel and Babok areas in the northern coastal Cacheu Region.[2][3]
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147,000 (2022)[1] | |
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Manjak, French | |
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Islam, Catholicism |
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