Beni-Amer

E217269

The Beni-Amer are a pastoralist ethnic group of mixed Beja and Tigre heritage living primarily in eastern Sudan and western Eritrea.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Beni Amer 2
Beni-Amer canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
pastoralist community
areaOfResidence Red Sea coastal hinterland
Sahel region of Sudan and Eritrea
borderRegionPeopleOf Eritrea–Sudan border
surface form: Sudan–Eritrea border
continent Africa
country Eritrea
Sudan
culturalArea Horn of Africa
ethnicGroupOf Eritrea
Sudan
ethnicMinorityIn Eritrea
Sudan
ethnolinguisticGroup Cushitic–Semitic mixed
hasEthnicComponent Beja people
surface form: Beja tribes

Tigre clans
hasHeritage Beja
Tigre people
historicalRegion Beja
surface form: Beja lands

Eritrean lowlands
language Tigre language
languageBranch Semitic languages
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages
livelihood camel herding
cattle herding
goat herding
sheep herding
livestockType camels
small ruminants
zebu cattle
mobilityPattern transhumant nomadism
region eastern Sudan
western Eritrea
relatedEthnicGroup Beja
Hedareb
Tigre people
religion Islam
religionBranch Sunni Islam
selfIdentification Beni-Amer self-link
socialOrganization clan-based society
subsistenceType agro-pastoralism
traditionalEconomy pastoralism
traditionalHousing mobile encampments
usesSeasonalMigration yes

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Beja people notableTribe Beni-Amer
Beja notableSubgroup Beni-Amer
this entity surface form: Beni Amer
Beni-Amer selfIdentification Beni-Amer self-link
eastern Sudan hasEthnicGroup Beni-Amer
subject surface form: Eastern Sudan
this entity surface form: Beni Amer