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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Hima of Uganda

The Hima of Uganda, numbering approximately 441,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Bantu ethnic group indigenous to the Ankole region of southwestern Uganda. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Nyankole is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Hima

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Uganda
People Cluster: Bantu, Central-Lakes
Primary Language(s): Nyankole (nyn)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 441,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG033494
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Pray for the Hima of Uganda

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Nyankole
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Nyankore Speakers

Media Resources in Nyankole:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Nyankole:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1989 Bible Society of Uganda✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Nyankole bible at Bible.com

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

Next steps for the Hima:
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Pray specifically for the Hima of Uganda

Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.
readIsaiah 45:22

Pray for many lost people to turn to the Lord, finding forgiveness and salvation in Him, for He is the only way to true life and restoration.

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
readMatthew 11:28-29

Please pray for them to lift their eyes to Jesus and find rest for their souls, lasting peace, and hope in Him.

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
readRomans 12:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will offer their bodies as living sacrifices, holy and acceptable to God, knowing that this is their spiritual worship.

For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead.
read2 Corinthians 1:8-9

Pray that as people hear and believe the gospel, they will be faithful as they walk through trials and will have an opportunity to be a witness to others in this people group of the goodness of God.

Hima Across Countries (ROP3 - 103783) reported in the following countries:

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5 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
HimaPG033494HimaUganda441,000Unengaged and UnreachedNyankoleEthnoreligion
HimaPG014467HimaBurundi16,000Unengaged and UnreachedNyankoleEthnoreligion
HimaPG014881HimaRwanda16,000Engaged yet UnreachedNyankoleNeo-Pentecostalism
HimaPG015009HimaTanzania14,000No Longer UnreachedNyankoleRoman Catholicism
HimaPG014563HimaCongo, Democratic Republic of the5,400Engaged yet UnreachedNyankoleRoman Catholicism

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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