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 (born 1954), Indian politician * Banda Kanakalingeshwara Rao (1907–1968), Indian actor * Banda Karthika Reddy (born 1977), Indian politician * Banda Singh Bahadur (1670–1716), Sikh warrior

Places

Argentina

* Banda Department, a part of Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina

Canada

* Banda, Ontario, 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, a district in the Bono Region * Banda (Ghana parliament constituency), a constituency in the Bono Region

India

* Banda, East Godavari district, a village in Andhra Pradesh, India * Banda, Maharashtra, 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), Uttar Pradesh * Banda (Assembly constituency), 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, a hill and the neighbourhood on that hill, located in Nakawa Division, within the city of Kampala

Music

*" A Banda (Ah Bahn-da)", 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 adivasis in Odisha, Chhattisgarh, and Jharkhand * Banda Deul, an 11th-century temple in Purulia district, West Bengal, India