Back زغاوة Arabic زغاوه ARZ Zaqavalar Azerbaijani Загава Bulgarian Zaghawa Catalan Zaghawa Danish Zaghawa German Zaghavaoj Esperanto Zaghawa Spanish Zaghawa Basque
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 384,150[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| West Darfur and Ouaddaï Region | |
 Chad | 203,754[2] |
 Sudan | 171,000[3] |
 Libya | 9,400[4] |
| Languages | |
| Beria | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Kanembu, Kanuri, Fur, Tubu, Masalit, Nilo-Saharans[5] | |
The Zaghawa people, also called Beri or Zakhawa, are an ethnic group primarily residing in southwestern Libya, northeastern Chad, and western Sudan, including Darfur.[6]
Zaghawas speak the Zaghawa language, which is an eastern Saharan language.[7][8] They are pastoralists, and a breed of sheep that they herd is called Zaghawa by the Arabs. They are nomadic and obtain much of their livelihood through herding cattle, camels and sheep and harvesting wild grains. It has been estimated that there are 384,150 people who belong to the Zaghawa ethnicity.[9]
- ^ "Chad". 29 August 2023.
- ^ "Chad". 29 August 2023.
- ^ "Sudan – Researched and compiled by the Refugee Documentation Centre of Ireland" (PDF). 2013-01-07. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
- ^ "Zaghawa". Ethnologue. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ^ James Stuart Olson (1996). The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary. Greenwood. pp. 91–92, 608. ISBN 978-0-313-27918-8.
- ^ John A. Shoup III (2011). Ethnic Groups of Africa and the Middle East: An Encyclopedia: An Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. pp. 333–334. ISBN 978-1-59884-363-7.
- ^ Zaghawa, Ethnologue
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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