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People groups: 18
Population: 793,700
Unreached people groups: 18
UPG population: 793,700
Unengaged UPGs: 16
UUPG population: 765,900
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: Berber, Figig; Berber, Gourara; Berber, Jalo; Berber, Jofra; Berber, Mozabite; Berber, Tuat; Berber, Wargla; Ghadames; Jabal Nafusah; Jerba; Sawknah; Siwa; Tidikelt Tamzight; Tmagourt; Wadshili; Zenaga; Zuwarah
Countries where they are found: Algeria; Egypt; Libya; Mauritania; Tunisia
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