• PEOPLE CLUSTER: BERBER, SAHARAN

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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


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