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The '''Giriama''' (also called '''Giryama''', '''Kigiriama''', or '''Kigiryama''') are one of the nine ethnic groups that make up the [[Mijikenda]] (which literally translates to "nine towns"). The Mijikenda occupy the coastal strip extending from [[Lamu]] in the north to the [[Kenya]]/[[Tanzania]] border in the south, and approximately 30 km inland. The Giriama are among the largest of these ethnic groups. They inhabit the area bordered by the coastal cities of [[Mombasa]] and [[Malindi]], and the inland towns or [[Mariakani]] and [[Kaloleni%2C, Kenya|Kaloleni]]. The nine Mijikenda groups speak closely related languages, all types of [[Bantu languages|Bantu language]], which is the same group to which the more widely known [[Swahili language|Swahili]] belongs. The Giriama grow crops to sell and partake in subsistence agriculture.