Beja

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ethnic group pastoralist people

The Beja are a traditionally pastoralist Cushitic-speaking ethnic group of northeastern Africa, primarily inhabiting the Red Sea coastal and desert regions of Sudan and neighboring countries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
pastoralist people ⓘ
associatedAncientName Bejae ⓘ
Blemmyes ⓘ
climateOfHomeland arid ⓘ
semi-desert ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
Eritrea ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
culturalRegion Horn of Africa ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Egypt ⓘ
Eritrea ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
historicalPresenceSince antiquity ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
Cushitic ⓘ
surface form: Cushitic languages
languageStatus endangered language ⓘ
livestock camels ⓘ
goats ⓘ
sheep ⓘ
mainEconomicActivity animal husbandry ⓘ
neighboringPeoples Nubians ⓘ
Rashaida ⓘ
Tigre people ⓘ
notableSubgroup Amarar ⓘ
Beni-Amer ⓘ
surface form: Beni Amer

Bisharin ⓘ
Hadendoa ⓘ
politicalRepresentation eastern Sudan ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Sudan
primaryLanguage Beja language ⓘ
recognizedAsIndigenousPeopleIn Sudan ⓘ
region Eastern Desert of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Desert

eastern Sudan ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Sudan

Northeast Africa ⓘ
surface form: Northeastern Africa

Red Sea Hills ⓘ
Red Sea coast ⓘ
surface form: Red Sea coastal region
religion Islam ⓘ
religiousBranch Sunni Islam ⓘ
scriptUsed Arabic script ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
secondaryEconomicActivity small-scale agriculture ⓘ
trade ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based society ⓘ
traditionalDwelling portable tents ⓘ
traditionalEconomy nomadic herding ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle pastoralism ⓘ

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

Beja District → capital → Beja ⓘ
Sudan → ethnicGroupMajor → Beja ⓘ
Beja people → ethnonym → Beja ⓘ