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The Hangaza of Tanzania

The Hangaza of Tanzania, numbering approximately 461,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Bantu people of the Ngara highlands in Tanzania's Kagera region near the Rwanda-Burundi border, culturally closer to the Rwanda-Burundi Bantu sphere than to coastal Tanzania, subsisting on banana, bean and cassava farming. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Hangaza is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Hangaza

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Tanzania
People Cluster: Bantu, Central-Lakes
Primary Language(s): Hangaza (han)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 461,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG014937
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

55%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Hangaza
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

75%
%
Hangaza Speakers

Media Resources in Hangaza:

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Bible Resources in Hangaza:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Hangaza are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Hangaza:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Hangaza of Tanzania

Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
readJohn 3:18

Pray for those who are living under the burden of their sin to believe in Jesus, the only Son of God, and receive freedom.

Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
readMatthew 16:16

Pray that many will see clearly that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God, and put their trust in Him.

Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations.
readDeuteronomy 7:9

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will know God's faithful love and keep His commandments, experiencing His steadfast care.

After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
readRevelation 7:9-10

Pray that the promise in Revelation 7:9-10 will encourage believers from among them or from nearby people groups to share the gospel with people who have never learned it.

Hangaza Across Countries (ROP3 - 103705) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
HangazaPG014937HangazaTanzania461,000No Longer UnreachedHangazaProtestantism

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