Tuareg homeland
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The Tuareg homeland is a vast Saharan region spanning parts of several North and West African countries, traditionally inhabited and traversed by the nomadic Tuareg people.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural region
ⓘ
desert region ⓘ historical region ⓘ |
| climate | hot desert climate ⓘ |
| culturalPractice |
camel herding
ⓘ
nomadism ⓘ oasis agriculture ⓘ |
| dominantBranchOfIslam | Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dominantReligion | Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| environment |
hyper-arid desert
ⓘ
mountain massifs ⓘ rocky plateaus ⓘ sand dunes ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupAssociated | Tuareg people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubregion |
Adrar des Ifoghas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Adrar des Iforas NERFINISHED ⓘ Agadez region NERFINISHED ⓘ Air Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ Azawad NERFINISHED ⓘ Djanet region NERFINISHED ⓘ Fezzan NERFINISHED ⓘ Gao region NERFINISHED ⓘ Ghat region NERFINISHED ⓘ Hoggar Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ Kidal region NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamanrasset region NERFINISHED ⓘ Tassili n’Ajjer NERFINISHED ⓘ Ténéré Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicallyKnownFor |
caravan routes
ⓘ
salt trade ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
North Africa
ⓘ
Sahara Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notASovereignState | true ⓘ |
| partOf | Sahel region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage |
Tamahaq
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tamajeq NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamasheq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spansCountry |
Algeria
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Burkina Faso NERFINISHED ⓘ Chad NERFINISHED ⓘ Libya NERFINISHED ⓘ Mali NERFINISHED ⓘ Niger NERFINISHED ⓘ Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy |
nomadic pastoralism
ⓘ
trans-Saharan trade ⓘ |
| traditionalInhabitants | Tuareg people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystemAssociated | Tifinagh script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Adrar des Ifoghas