Banda may refer to:

People

Banda (surname) Banda is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Arts and entertainment *Banda Kanakalingeshwara Rao (1907–1968), Indian stage actor *Lucius Banda (born 1970), Malawian musician and politician Military *Abdallah Banda (born 1963), Su ...

Banda Prakash Banda Prakash Mudiraj (born 1954) is an Indian politician and the Member of Telangana Legislative Council from November 2021. Earlier he served as Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha representing Telangana from 23rd March 2018 to 4th December 20 ...

(born 1954), Indian politician *

Banda Kanakalingeshwara Rao Banda Kanakalingeswara Rao (20 January 1907 – 3 December 1968) was an Indian actor known for his works in Telugu theatre, and Telugu cinema. He was the member of Kendriya Sangeet Natak Akademi since 1952 and Andhra Pradesh Sangeet Natak Akadem ...

(1907–1968), Indian actor *

Banda Karthika Reddy Banda Karthika Reddy (born 17 August 1977) is an Indian politician and Former Mayor of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Telangana, India. She is the first Mayor of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation in 2009 and is a member of the ...

(born 1977), Indian politician * Banda Singh Bahadur (1670–1716), Sikh warrior

Places

Argentina

Banda Department Banda Department ( es, Departamento Banda) is a department of Argentina in Santiago del Estero Province. The capital city of the department is situated in La Banda La Banda is a city in the province of Santiago del Estero, Argentina. It has ab ...

, a part of Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina

Canada

Banda, Ontario Banda is an unincorporated rural community in Dufferin County, Ontario, Canada. Officially located in Mulmur Township, Banda has historically been associated with both Mulmur Township and Nottawasaga Township (now Clearview Township), because i ...

, a settlement in Ontario

Ghana

Banda Ahenkro Banda Ahenkro is a town located in the west-northern of Bono region, Ghana, near the border of Ivory Coast. Its geography provided a home for numerous groups seeking shelter from across West Africa during the slave trade era. The original name ...

, a town in Banda District *

Banda District, Ghana Banda District is one of the twelve districts in Bono Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Tain District on 17 February 2004; until the northern part of the district was split off to create Banda District on 28 J ...

, a district in the Bono Region *

Banda (Ghana parliament constituency) Banda is a constituency of the parliament of Ghana, located in the Banda District in the Bono Region. Ahmed Ibrahim is the member of parliament for the constituency, elected on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and winning a ma ...

, a constituency in the Bono Region

India

Banda, East Godavari district Banda is a village in East Godavari district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest cou ...

, a village in Andhra Pradesh, India *

Banda, Maharashtra Banda is a town in Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra, India, near the Goa- Maharashtra border. Banda is the last town in Maharashtra state on Mumbai-Goa national highway (NH-17), on the bank of the Terekhol river. Languages spoken The main lan ...

, a small town in Maharashtra * Banda, Uttar Pradesh, a city and district headquarters of Banda District, Uttar Pradesh *

Banda District, India Banda district is a district of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Banda is the district headquarters. It is a part of Chitrakoot Division. Located in historical Bundelkhand region, Banda is famous for its Shajar stone which is used for making ...

, a district in Uttar Pradesh *

Banda (Lok Sabha constituency) Banda Lok Sabha Constituency is one of the 80 parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. Assembly segments Banda Lok Sabha constituency comprises five Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are: Members ...

, Uttar Pradesh *

Banda (Assembly constituency) Banda is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Banda in the Banda district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Banda is one of five assembly constituencies in the Lok Sabha constituency of Banda. Since 2008, thi ...

, a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly * Banda (Vidhan Sabha constituency), Madhya Pradesh

Indonesia

* Banda Islands, a group of ten small volcanic islands in the Banda Sea * Banda Sea, the sea of the South Moluccas, a part of the Pacific Ocean

Uganda

Banda, Uganda Banda is a hill that lies in Nakawa Division, within Kampala, the capital of Uganda. Banda also refers to the neighborhoods on the slopes of the hill and between Banda Hill and Kireka, extending all the way to the Kampala-Jinja Highway. The sout ...

, a hill and the neighbourhood on that hill, located in Nakawa Division, within the city of Kampala

Music

A Banda (Ah Bahn-da) "A Banda (Ah Bahn-da)" (Portuguese for "The Band") is a composition by Chico Buarque that was first performed live in 1966 by Buarque and Nara Leão, during the II Música Popular Brasileira (MPB) Festival in TV Record's theater, São Paulo, winni ...

", a composition by Chico Buarque * Banda music, a form of Mexican music *

Banda (opera) In opera, a ''banda'' (Italian for ''band'') refers to a musical ensemble (normally of wind instruments) which is used in addition to the main orchestra and plays the music which is actually heard by the characters in the opera. A ''banda sul palco' ...

, a musical ensemble which is used in addition to the main opera orchestra and plays the music which is actually heard by the characters in the opera

Other uses

Banda people __NOTOC__ The Banda people are an ethnic group of the Central African Republic. They are likewise found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, and South Sudan. They were severely affected by slave raids of the 19th century and slave trad ...

, an ethnic group of the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, and Sudan *

Banda languages Banda is a family of Ubangian languages spoken by the Banda people of Central Africa. Banda languages are distributed in the Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and South Sudan. Languages Olson (1996) Olson (1996) classif ...

, a family of Ubangian languages of Central Africa *

Banda language (Maluku) Banda is an Austronesian language of the Central Maluku subgroup. Along with Kei, it is one of the two languages of the Kei Islands in the Indonesian province of Maluku. Originally, the Banda language was spoken on the Banda Islands Th ...

, an Austronesian language of the Kei Islands, Indonesia *Banda machine, a brand of spirit duplicator - a type of low-volume document copying machine *

Banda (state) Banda was a princely state in Uttar Pradesh, India. It was disestablished due to its participation in the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The former region controlled by Banda state had a population of 698,608 people in 1881. History The founder of B ...

, a former princely state in India *Banda, a large smoked fish in Chad *Banda, a caste of

adivasi The Adivasi refers to inhabitants of Indian subcontinent, generally tribal people. The term is a Sanskrit word coined in the 1930s by political activists to give the tribal people an indigenous identity by claiming an indigenous origin. The term ...

s in Odisha, Chhattisgarh, and Jharkhand * Banda Deul, an 11th-century temple in Purulia district, West Bengal, India