The Kuria tribe are an ethnic and linguistic group resident in the west and east districts of Nyanza Province in southwest Kenya. In 2006 the Kuria population was estimated to number 609,000, with 435,000 living in Tanzania and 174,000 in Kenya.

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The Kuria people are mainly agriculturalists and pastoralist, with the Kenyan Kurians leaning towards agriculture.

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The Kuria are closely related to the Kisii people of Kenya both in language and physique.

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