Teda people

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The Teda people are a subgroup of the Toubou ethnic group inhabiting the Tibesti Mountains region of northern Chad and southern Libya, traditionally known as semi-nomadic pastoralists of the central Sahara.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Teda people canonical 4
Daza people 1
Tebu peoples 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
climateAdaptation arid environment adaptation
continent Africa
country Chad
Libya
culturalArea Saharan Africa
Sahel
dwellingType stone houses in oases
tents
environment Sahara Desert
ethnonym Teda
Tedaga
geographicDistribution northern Chad
southern Libya
herdingType camel herding
small ruminant herding
historicalRole Saharan caravan guides
desert traders
language Tedaga language
languageBranch Saharan languages
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan languages
livelihood pastoral nomadism
small-scale agriculture
trade
macroEthnicGroup Saharan peoples
majorReligionBranch Maliki Sunni Islam
mobilityPattern seasonal migration
notableAreaOfSettlement Tibesti Region
politicalStatusInChad ethnic minority in Chad
politicalStatusInLibya ethnic minority in Libya
primaryLivestock camels
goats
sheep
region Tibesti Mountains
central Sahara
relatedEthnicGroup Daza people
Toubou people
religion Islam
Sunni Islam
socialOrganization clan-based
subgroupOf Toubou people
traditionalEconomy caravan trade
oasis agriculture
transhumant herding
traditionalKnowledge desert navigation
oasis water management
traditionalLifestyle semi-nomadic
traditionalOccupation pastoralism

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Teda ethnonymVariant Teda people
Teda relatedEthnicGroup Teda people
this entity surface form: Daza people
Daza partOf Teda people
this entity surface form: Tebu peoples
Toubou people subgroup Teda people
Teda language spokenBy Teda people