Afar people

E250671
Cushitic people ethnic group

The Afar people are a Cushitic ethnic group native to the Horn of Africa, primarily inhabiting the Afar Triangle region spanning Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti, known for their pastoralist lifestyle and distinct cultural traditions.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Afar people canonical 21
Afar Muslims 1
Afar diaspora communities 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cushitic people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Danakil Desert ⓘ
surface form: Danakil
associatedGeographicFeature Afar Triangle ⓘ
Great Rift Valley ⓘ
associatedGeologicFeature tectonic triple junction ⓘ
borderStraddlingGroup Eritrean–Djiboutian border ⓘ
surface form: Eritrea–Djibouti border

Ethiopia–Djibouti border ⓘ
Eritrea–Ethiopia border ⓘ
surface form: Ethiopia–Eritrea border
climateOfHomeland arid ⓘ
semi-arid ⓘ
countryOfHabitation Djibouti ⓘ
Eritrea ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
culturalPractice customary law (mada’a) ⓘ
epic songs ⓘ
oral poetry ⓘ
traditional dance ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Horn of Africa ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
Cushitic ⓘ
surface form: Cushitic languages
languageSpoken Afar language ⓘ
livestockHerded camels ⓘ
cattle ⓘ
goats ⓘ
sheep ⓘ
nativeTo Horn of Africa ⓘ
notableSultanate Aussa Sultanate ⓘ
populationConcentration Afar Region ⓘ
surface form: Afar Region, Ethiopia

Southern Red Sea Region ⓘ
surface form: Southern Red Sea Region, Eritrea

Tadjourah Region, Djibouti ⓘ
primaryRegion Afar Triangle ⓘ
regionOfOrigin Afar Region ⓘ
surface form: Afar Region of Ethiopia

Danakil Desert ⓘ
surface form: Danakil Depression

Djibouti Region ⓘ
surface form: Northern Djibouti

Southern Eritrea ⓘ
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
religiousMinorityStatus Muslim minority in Ethiopia ⓘ
selfDesignation Qafar ⓘ
traditionalAuthority sultanates ⓘ
traditionalEconomy salt trade ⓘ
transhumance ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle pastoralism ⓘ
semi-nomadic herding ⓘ
traditionalSocialStructure clan-based organization ⓘ
writingSystemUsed Geʽez script ⓘ
surface form: Ge’ez script (historically)

Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

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

Afar → spokenBy → Afar people ⓘ
Djibouti City → significantEthnicGroup → Afar people ⓘ
Tigrinya Muslims → neighboringGroup → Afar people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afar Muslims
French Territory of the Afars and the Issas → namedAfter → Afar people ⓘ
French Territory of the Afars and the Issas → ethnicGroup → Afar people ⓘ
Southern Red Sea Region → ethnicGroup → Afar people ⓘ
Tigre people → relatedEthnicGroup → Afar people ⓘ
Saho people → neighboringPeoples → Afar people ⓘ
Kunama people → neighboringGroups → Afar people ⓘ
Dikhil Region → hasEthnicGroup → Afar people ⓘ
Obock Region → hasEthnicGroup → Afar people ⓘ
Afar language → primaryEthnicGroup → Afar people ⓘ
Afar language → usedBy → Afar people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afar diaspora communities
Oromo people → relatedEthnicGroup → Afar people ⓘ
Erta Ale → nearbyPopulation → Afar people ⓘ
Eritrean nationalism → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Afar people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afar people in Eritrea
Afar Region → inhabitedBy → Afar people ⓘ
Afar Region → ethnicGroupMajority → Afar people ⓘ
Qafar → hasAlternativeName → Afar people ⓘ
Northern Ethiopia → containsEthnicGroup → Afar people ⓘ
Coat of arms of Djibouti → symbolizes → Afar people ⓘ
Eritrean → ethnicDiversityContext → Afar people ⓘ
Eritrean lowlands → hasEthnicGroup → Afar people ⓘ
Red Sea Region → hasEthnicGroup → Afar people ⓘ