Kel Ajjer

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Tuareg confederation ethnic group

Kel Ajjer is a prominent Tuareg confederation traditionally inhabiting the central Sahara region spanning parts of present-day Algeria and Libya.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Tuareg confederation ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
climateOfRegion hyper-arid desert ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Algeria ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
culturalSphere Saharan ⓘ
Tuareg ⓘ
ethnicIdentity Amazigh ⓘ
ethnicMinorityIn Algeria ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
ethnicReligion Tuareg traditional beliefs ⓘ
ethnographicGroupOf Tuareg ⓘ
surface form: Tuareg people
hasCulturalElement Tuareg leatherwork ⓘ
Tuareg metalwork ⓘ
Tuareg music ⓘ
Tuareg ⓘ
surface form: Tuareg poetry

Tuareg tent architecture ⓘ
hasCustom camel pastoralism ⓘ
veil-wearing men (tagelmust) ⓘ
hasSubgroup Tuareg tribes ⓘ
historicalLanguageOfAdministration Arabic (regional) ⓘ
historicalRole control of Saharan caravan routes ⓘ
language Tamahaq ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
Berber languages ⓘ
Berber languages ⓘ
surface form: Tuareg languages
locatedIn Sahara Desert ⓘ
Central Sahara ⓘ
surface form: central Sahara
partOf Tuareg ⓘ
surface form: Tuareg confederations
region Fezzan ⓘ
Hoggar-adjacent Sahara ⓘ
relatedGroup Kel Adagh ⓘ
Tibesti Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Kel Ahaggar

Kel Air ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
traditionalEconomy caravan trade ⓘ
trans-Saharan trade ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle nomadic pastoralism ⓘ
traditionalMobilityPattern seasonal migration ⓘ
traditionalSocialStructure clan-based ⓘ
confederated tribes ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryIncludes southeastern Algeria ⓘ
Fezzan ⓘ
surface form: southwestern Libya
usesScript Tifinagh ⓘ

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Tuareg → subgroup → Kel Ajjer ⓘ