According to Ttchogue Rith, 2013, In Balanta ethnicity, there are two large chains called Kentohé and Nhacra. Balanta Kentohé is on the right bank of the Mansoa River crossing Guinea-Bissau from central to west. Balanta Nhacra is located on the left bank of the Mansoa River.

Balanta-Nhacra concentrate on the southern part of the country specifically in the Tombali region which has four major sectors (Catió ′′ Capital ", Cacine, Bedanda and Quebo), with most of the Balanta population because they emigrate from north to west and west to south .... The primordial factor of emigration from Balanta Nhacra to the south of the country is due to the demand for better soil for rice farming. Balantas were the largest rice producers in Guinea-Bissau.

That doesn't mean the Kuntoes don't migrate. In fact, they migrate less in relation to the Nhacras. The Kuntoes concentrate on the northern part of the country along with other peoples belonging to other ethnicities (Mandingas, Manhaws, etc) and practice the same farming activity as Balanta or Nhacras.

Within the Balantas group, in general, there are other branches called Balanta Pache and Nagha. The origin of Balanta Pache may be related to a tabanka (village) whose name is Pache, but they do not only reside in this village like the Nagha. By oral tradition, they live among the Balantas of the Nhacra region, saying they descended from a link between women roles with Beafada men carried out in the localities of Dugal and Nague, primitive settlements of the territory. And indeed, Dugal means in Beafada, ′′ guest "; whereas the word ′′ Beafada ", in Balanta language, designates the brother, the son of the same father. (SIMES, londerset. Black Babel, Port Trade: 1935).

Source: RITH, Ttchoge; 2013. Balantas Intellectual Blog in Diaspora SIMOES, Landerset., 1935. Black Babel: Ethnography, Art and Culture of Indigenous Guinea.

Back in May of 2020, BBHAGSIA and BAMFABA conducted a survey of Balanta Villages throughout the country. Here are some of the results: