Irigwe people

Irigwe
Total population
	40,000 (1985 IBS)
Regions with significant populations
	Nigeria
Languages
	Rigwe (Nkarigwe)
Religion
	Ethnic religion, Christianity, Islam
Related ethnic groups
	Afizere, Atyap, Bajju, Atsam, Berom, Tarok, Jukun, Kuteb, Igbo, Yoruba and other Benue-Congo peoples of Middle Belt and southern Nigeria

Irigwe people (Rigwe: Nneirigwe; Tyap: Á̱nietza̱fan; Hausa: Miyango^[2]) are found mainly in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State, Middle Belt (central) Nigeria. They speak the Rigwe language (also Nkarigwe), a Central Plateau language. Their headquarters is the town of Miango, west of the state capital, Jos.^[3]^[1]

^ ^a ^b "Rigwe". Ethnologue. SIL International. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
^ "Irigwe (African people)". Library of Congress. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
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Total population
40,000 (1985 IBS)^[1]
Regions with significant populations
Nigeria
Languages
Rigwe (Nkarigwe)
Religion
Ethnic religion, Christianity, Islam
Related ethnic groups
Afizere, Atyap, Bajju, Atsam, Berom, Tarok, Jukun, Kuteb, Igbo, Yoruba and other Benue-Congo peoples of Middle Belt and southern Nigeria