Kung

Kung may refer to:

ǃKung people

The ǃKung, also spelled ǃXun, are a San people living in the Kalahari Desert in Namibia, Botswana and in Angola. They speak the ǃKung language, noted for its extensive use of click consonants. The "!K" in the name "ǃKung" is a click that sounds something like a cork pulled from a bottle. However, the click is generally ignored in English, where the name is pronounced "Kung".

Historically, the ǃKung lived in semi-permanent camps of about 10–30 people usually located around a water body. Once the water and resources around the village were depleted, the band would relocate to a more resource-rich area. They lived a hunting and gathering lifestyle with the men responsible for providing meat, making tools, and maintaining a supply of poison-tipped arrows and spears. The women provided most of the food by spending between two and three days per week foraging for roots, nuts and berries in the Kalahari Desert. As a hunter-gatherer society, they were highly dependent on each other for survival. Hoarding and stinginess were frowned upon, and the ǃKung's emphasis was on collective wealth for the tribe, rather than on individual wealth.

Kung (Haida village)

Kung was an important village of the Haida people, located on the west side of Alexandra Narrows on Graham Island, the largest and northernmost of the Haida Gwaii ("Islands of the Haida"} of British Columbia, Canada. Alexandra Narrows, known on some old maps as Mazzaredo Sound, connects Naden Harbour and Virago Sound.

Indian Reserve

Kung Indian Reserve No. 11, or Kung 11 in official registries, is located at the site of Kung. The Kung Indian Reserve is under the administration of Old Massett Village Council and is 28.7 ha in size.

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Coordinates: 54°03′00″N 132°34′00″W / 54.05000°N 132.56667°W / 54.05000; -132.56667