Empire of Kitara
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For the Biito kingdom that claims inheritance of Kitara, see Bunyoro.
Kitara[lower-alpha 2] (sometimes spelt as Kittara[12] or Kitwara,[13][2] also known as the Chwezi Empire[4]) Empire of the Sun or Empire of the Moon was a legendary empire that is regularly mentioned in the oral traditions of the Rutara people in the African Great Lakes.[14][15][16][17][18] Kitara is said to have had territory in modern-day Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[19]
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Capital | Per legends:
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Common languages | Proto-North Rutara[7][8]: 82 | ||||||||||||||
Ethnic groups | Many Ethnicities but the indigenous are Banyoro, Banyankole, Batooro, Basongora | ||||||||||||||
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Government | Federal monarchy | ||||||||||||||
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• Tembuzi dynasty | |||||||||||||||
• Chwezi dynasty | |||||||||||||||
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Today part of | Uganda |
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