Jula (people)

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The Jula are a people in Burkina Faso , Ghana , Ivory Coast , Mali and Guinea , also called Dyula , Djoula , Joula , Kong , Kong Dyula , Kong Jula , Malinka , Wangara or Yola .

Approx. 253,000 of the total of approx. 599,000 Jula live in Ivory Coast, approx. 245,000 in Burkina Faso, approx. 76,000 in Mali, approx. 22,000 in Ghana and approx. 2,700 in Guinea. The Jula usually belong to Islam. Relationships exist with the peoples of the Malinke-Jula group.

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