Kel Ajjer

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Kel Ajjer is a prominent Tuareg confederation traditionally inhabiting the central Sahara region spanning parts of present-day Algeria and Libya.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kel Ajjer canonical 3

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tuareg confederation
ethnic group
climateOfRegion hyper-arid desert
continent Africa
country Algeria
Libya
culturalSphere Saharan
Tuareg
ethnicIdentity Amazigh
ethnicMinorityIn Algeria
Libya
ethnicReligion Tuareg traditional beliefs
ethnographicGroupOf Tuareg people
linked to: Tuareg
hasCulturalElement Tuareg leatherwork
Tuareg metalwork
Tuareg music
Tuareg poetry
linked to: Tuareg

Tuareg tent architecture
hasCustom camel pastoralism
veil-wearing men (tagelmust)
hasSubgroup Tuareg tribes
historicalLanguageOfAdministration Arabic (regional)
historicalRole control of Saharan caravan routes
language Tamahaq
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages
Berber languages
Tuareg languages
linked to: Berber languages
locatedIn Sahara Desert
central Sahara
linked to: Central Sahara
partOf Tuareg confederations
linked to: Tuareg
region Fezzan
Hoggar-adjacent Sahara
relatedGroup Kel Adagh
Kel Ahaggar
linked to: Tibesti Mountains

Kel Air
religion Islam
Sunni Islam
traditionalEconomy caravan trade
trans-Saharan trade
traditionalLifestyle nomadic pastoralism
traditionalMobilityPattern seasonal migration
traditionalSocialStructure clan-based
confederated tribes
traditionalTerritoryIncludes southeastern Algeria
southwestern Libya
linked to: Fezzan
usesScript Tifinagh

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Referenced by (3)

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

Tuareg subgroup Kel Ajjer
Imuhar relatedEthnicGroup Kel Ajjer
Kel Air neighboringGroups Kel Ajjer