• PEOPLE CLUSTER: BERBER, SAHARAN

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QUICK FACTS:

People groups: 18

Population: 830,300

Unreached people groups: 18

UPG population: 830,300

Unengaged UPGs: 16

UUPG population: 800,400

Number of countries: 5


Affinity Bloc: Arab World

Overview: Berbers are the indigenous ethnic group of North Africa west of the Nile Valley. They are continuously distributed from the Atlantic to the Siwa oasis, in Egypt, and from the Mediterranean to the Niger River. The Berber-Saharan people cluster encompasses Berber people groups scattered across the Saharan desert in Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt.

Peoples within this cluster: Amazigh, Djerba; Amazigh, Figig; Amazigh, Gourara; Amazigh, Jabal Nafusah; Amazigh, Jalo; Amazigh, Jofra; Amazigh, Mozabite; Amazigh, Tidikelt; Amazigh, Tmagourt; Amazigh, Tuat; Amazigh, Wargla; Ghadames; Sawknah; Siwa; Wadshili; Zenaga; Zuwarah

Countries where they are found: Algeria; Egypt; Libya; Mauritania; Tunisia


People groups: 18

Population: 830,300

Unreached people groups: 18

UPG population: 830,300

Unengaged UPGs: 16

UUPG population: 800,400

Number of countries: 5