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Kayeli people (Indonesian: Suku Kayeli) is an ethnic group mainly living on the southern coast of the Kayeli Bay of Indonesian island Buru. From an ethnographic point of view Kayeli are close to other indigenous people of Buru such as Lisela and Buru. There were about 800 Kayeli people in the early 2000s. By religion most Kayeli are Sunni Muslims with some remnants of pagan beliefs.