The Azande are an ethnic group in Central Africa speaking the Zande languages (whose classification is uncertain). They live in the south-eastern part of the Central African Republic, the north-eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the south-central and south-western parts of South Sudan.

The Azande (plural of "Zande" in the Zande language) are an ethnic group of North Central Africa. They live primarily in the northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo , in south-central and southwestern part of South Sudan , and in southeastern Central African Republic .

Azande territory covers a vast expanse of land—some 500 miles from east to west—from the fringes of the upper Nile basin in the southern Sudan to the borders of semitropical rain forests in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

May 28, 2021 · Azande area stretches from the outskirts of South Sudan’s South-central and Southwest Upper basins to Congo’s semitropical rain forests and into Central African Republic. According to SIL Ethnologue, there are 730,000 Azande speakers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 62,000 in the Central African Republic, and 350,000 in South Sudan.

Figure 1: Revisiting the Azande: The Geography: This map shows the region where most Zande people live. Many present-day towns were named for the leaders who ruled whe n colonial powers claimed terr itorial control (e.g., Bangassou, Rafai, Zemio, Tombura, Yambio, Doruma).

The Azande constitute a conglomeration of originally distinct ethnic groups that became culturally, politically, and linguistically united through conquest during the first half of the eighteenth century. They were led by two dynastic clans.

May 12, 2023 · The Azande/Zande people primarily live in the northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, south-central and southwestern part of South Sudan, and the southeastern Central African Republic.

Azande is a locality in Dungu Territory, Haut-Uele. Mapcarta, the open map.

Nov 24, 2021 · They live primarily in the northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in south-central and southwestern part of South Sudan, and in southeastern Central African Republic. The Congolese Azande live in Orientale Province, specifically along the Uele River; Isiro, Dungu, Kisangani and Duruma.

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