ABSTRACT
DistrictEuro-IndianPakis-GoanArabSomaliColouredOtherTotal peantani
Tabora5942,287240US847128263464,523 Mpanda205ll21011601534537 Chunya791078217212245 Manyoni351331222221263425
ThelargemajorityofEuropeansintheregionareem:eloyedasGovernment officers,Inissionaries,orspecialistsatindustrialcentres,whilemostAsiansarein business.ManyoftheSomaliarecattle-traders.Thenon-Africanpopulationtends tobemainlyconcentratedinthevariousurbancentresoftheregion,thoughthisis lesstrueoftheArabs,manyofwhomhaveshopsinruralareas.'0Thefollowing tablegivesaroughpictureofthedegreeofurbamzationofthenon-Africanpopulation.Takenfromthe1957census,itshowsthepercentagesofthedifferentgroups livingingazettedtownshipsintheWesternandLakeProvince.Thepercentage figuresformostofthenon-Africangroupswouldbeconsiderablyhigherifsmaller urbancentreswereincluded. Admin.Euro-IndianPakis-GoanArabSomaliColouredOthersTotalAfriRegionpeantani
Lake24·9 Western32·9
65·4 77·6
76·7 68·6
73·6 82·6
9·445·9 17·371·9
27·4 23·0
29·9 83·6
non-can African
45·81·2 48·92·7
WiththemainexceptionofsomeoftheTusiandTatumJ?3-:>foralistsofthearea, whotendtohavedistinctivefeaturesassociatedwithErythrlote(EasternHamitic) stock,mostoftheAfricanpopulationoftheregionfallswithintheZingiangroupof Africanpeoples,beinggenerallyofmediumstatureandofsomewhatlightercomplexionthansuchgroupsasSudanians(e.g.Wolof,Hausa)andNilotes(e.g.Nuer, Dinka).
