Toubou

E39037

Toubou are a traditionally nomadic Saharan ethnic group primarily inhabiting northern Chad, southern Libya, and surrounding regions.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Toubou canonical 7
Fulɓe 1
Teda Toubou 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Saharan people
ethnic group
nomadic people
conflictInvolvement Chadian civil conflicts
Libyan civil conflicts
culturalArea Central Sahara
Sahel
environment arid climate
mountainous desert
ethnonym Teda–Daza
linked to: Daza

Tubu
historicalRole desert trackers
trans-Saharan caravan guides
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan languages
livestock camels
goats
sheep
mobilityPattern transhumant migration
populationCenter Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti region
Tibesti region of Chad
primaryCountry Chad
Libya
Niger
primaryHabitat Sahara Desert
primaryLanguage Daza language
Teda language
recognizedAs indigenous people of the Sahara
region Borkou region
Ennedi region
Fezzan
Kufra region
Tibesti Mountains
eastern Niger
linked to: Niger

northern Chad
southern Libya
linked to: Fezzan
religion Sunni Islam
socialStructure clan-based society
subsistence date palm cultivation
oasis agriculture
traditionalEconomicActivity camel herding
caravan trade
goat herding
traditionalLifestyle nomadic pastoralism

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

Tebu ethnonymVariant Toubou
Fulani hasAlternativeName Fulɓe
linked to: Toubou
Teda subgroupOf Toubou
Teda ethnonymVariant Teda Toubou
linked to: Toubou
Teda relatedEthnicGroup Toubou
Daza relatedEthnicGroup Toubou
Daza notableSubgroupOf Toubou
Borkou ethnicGroup Toubou
Tubu alternateName Tubu (Toubou)
linked to: Toubou
Teda language spokenBy northern Toubou
linked to: Toubou