Nara people

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Nara
Total population

26,000

Regions with significant populations
Eritrea
Languages
Nara
Religions
Sunni Islam

The Nara are an ethnic group living in Eritrea and make up less than 1% of the population.[1] The Nara people are generally Muslim. The Nara are divided into four subtribes, the Higir, Mogareb, Koyta, Santora.[2] They are typically agrarian and today have settled mostly along the border with Sudan.[3]

The Nara people speak the Nara language.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Country Listing Eritrea. Retrieved on 2006-08-31.
  2. ^ Ethnologue report for language code:nrb. Retrieved on 2006-08-31.
  3. ^ Killion, Tom (1998). Historical Dictionary of Eritrea. ISBN 0-8108-3437-5. 
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