Bimanese people
The Bimanese or Mbojo are an ethnic group of Indonesia that inhabits the eastern part of Sumbawa Island in West Nusa Tenggara province. With a population of around half a million people, they are the second largest ethnic group in West Nusa Tenggara.
Dou Mbojo | |
|---|---|
Bimanese people (early 20th century) | |
| Total population | |
| c. 510.000 (2000) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Indonesia (Sumbawa Island) | |
| Languages | |
| Bimanese language, Indonesian language | |
| Religion | |
| Islam (predominantly) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Sumbawa people, Sasak people |
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