Beni-Amer

E217269

The Beni-Amer are a pastoralist ethnic group of mixed Beja and Tigre heritage living primarily in eastern Sudan and western Eritrea.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Beni Amer 3
Beni-Amer canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
pastoralist community ⓘ
areaOfResidence Red Sea coastal hinterland ⓘ
Sahel region of Sudan and Eritrea ⓘ
borderRegionPeopleOf Sudan–Eritrea border ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Eritrea ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
culturalArea Horn of Africa ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Eritrea ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
ethnicMinorityIn Eritrea ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Cushitic–Semitic mixed ⓘ
hasEthnicComponent Beja tribes ⓘ
linked to: Beja people

Tigre clans ⓘ
hasHeritage Beja ⓘ
Tigre people ⓘ
historicalRegion Beja lands ⓘ
linked to: Beja

Eritrean lowlands ⓘ
language Tigre language ⓘ
languageBranch Semitic languages ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
livelihood camel herding ⓘ
cattle herding ⓘ
goat herding ⓘ
sheep herding ⓘ
livestockType camels ⓘ
small ruminants ⓘ
zebu cattle ⓘ
mobilityPattern transhumant nomadism ⓘ
region eastern Sudan ⓘ
western Eritrea ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Beja ⓘ
Hedareb ⓘ
Tigre people ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
religionBranch Sunni Islam ⓘ
selfIdentification Beni-Amer ⓘ
socialOrganization clan-based society ⓘ
subsistenceType agro-pastoralism ⓘ
traditionalEconomy pastoralism ⓘ
traditionalHousing mobile encampments ⓘ
usesSeasonalMigration yes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Beja people → notableTribe → Beni-Amer ⓘ
Beja → notableSubgroup → Beni Amer ⓘ
linked to: Beni-Amer
Beni-Amer → selfIdentification → Beni-Amer ⓘ
Eastern Sudan → hasEthnicGroup → Beni Amer ⓘ
subject linked to: eastern Sudan
linked to: Beni-Amer
Kassala State → ethnicGroup → Beni Amer ⓘ
subject linked to: Kassala State, Sudan
linked to: Beni-Amer