• PEOPLE CLUSTER: AMAZIGH-SAHARAN


QUICK FACTS:

People groups: 18

Population: 836,500

Unreached people groups: 18

UPG population: 836,500

Unengaged UPGs: 16

UUPG population: 806,600

Number of countries: 5


Affinity Bloc: Arab World

Overview: Amazigh are the indigenous ethnic group of North Africa west of the Nile Valley. The Amazigh-Saharan people cluster encompasses Amazigh people groups scattered across the Saharan desert in Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt. Traditionally, the term "Berber" has been used by outsiders to refer to the Amazigh, but the term "Berber" is inherently discriminatory and the endonym "Amazigh" is preferred.

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: 836,500

Unreached people groups: 18

UPG population: 836,500

Unengaged UPGs: 16

UUPG population: 806,600

Number of countries: 5