Tubu

E208968

Tubu refers to the Toubou, a traditionally nomadic Saharan ethnic group primarily inhabiting northern Chad, southern Libya, and surrounding regions.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Tubu canonical 4
Teda-Tubu 1
Tubu Teda 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Saharan people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
nomadic people ⓘ
alternateName Toubou ⓘ
linked to: Toubou people

Tubu (Toubou) ⓘ
linked to: Toubou

Tubu people ⓘ
linked to: Tebu people
associatedWithState Chad ⓘ
linked to: northern Chad

Libya ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
conflictInvolvement Chadian–Libyan conflict ⓘ
Libyan civil conflicts (21st century) ⓘ
countryOfResidence Chad ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
descentSystem patrilineal descent ⓘ
environmentAdaptation arid climate adaptation ⓘ
ethnonymInFrench Toubou ⓘ
linked to: Toubou people
historicalRole camel herders ⓘ
desert traders ⓘ
trans-Saharan caravan guides ⓘ
languageBranch Saharan languages ⓘ
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
languageSpoken Tebu languages ⓘ
majorityReligion Sunni Islam ⓘ
notableAreaOfSettlement Kufra region ⓘ
Tibesti Massif ⓘ
linked to: Tibesti Mountains
primaryHabitat Sahara Desert ⓘ
primaryRegion northeastern Niger ⓘ
northern Chad ⓘ
southern Libya ⓘ
recognizedAs indigenous people of the Sahara ⓘ
regionType oasis and desert margins ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
socialOrganization clan-based society ⓘ
subgroup Daza ⓘ
Teda ⓘ
traditionalEconomicActivity caravan trade ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle nomadism ⓘ
traditionalLivestock camels ⓘ
goats ⓘ
sheep ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Borkou region ⓘ
linked to: Borkou

Ennedi region ⓘ
linked to: Ennedi

Fezzan ⓘ
Tibesti Mountains ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Toubou → ethnonym → Tubu ⓘ
Teda language → alternativeName → Teda-Tubu ⓘ
linked to: Tubu
Tedaga → hasAlternativeName → Tubu Teda ⓘ
linked to: Tubu