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 (2)

Label Occurrences
Tubu canonical 3
Teda-Tubu 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 (4)

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