Tenda
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Brigue and Tende
Brigue and Tende (brēg, täNd), Ital. Briga and Tenda, two small districts, Alpes-Maritimes dept., SE France, on the French-Italian border. The districts are on the “Route Royal,” opened in 1780, which links Nice with Turin. With several smaller frontier areas in the Mont Cenis and Mont Blanc regions, they were ceded to France by Italy in 1947 as a reparation for World War II. Brigue and Tende are largely French-speaking. Before 1947 the strategic Col de Tende, a pass now situated on the border, was entirely within Italy.
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Tenda
a group of related peoples living in the Republic of Guinea in areas neighboring on Senegal. The Tenda include the Bassari, Koniagi, Badyaranke, Mayo, and Boeni. Small groups of Bassari and Badyaranke also live in Senegal and Guinea-Bissau. The total population is approximately 30,000 (1970, estimate). The Tenda languages belong to the Atlantic (Western Bantoid) group. Most of the Tenda have retained their traditional animistic beliefs. The principal occupations are agriculture (mainly the cultivation of millet and yams), hunting, and fishing.
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