Ngok Dinka

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Ngok Dinka are a subgroup of the Dinka people of South Sudan, known for their pastoralist lifestyle and their historical presence in the oil-rich and disputed Abyei region.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ngok Dinka 2
Ngok Dinka canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dinka subgroup ⓘ
ethnic subgroup ⓘ
affectedBy Abyei conflict ⓘ
Second Sudanese Civil War ⓘ
claimsCitizenshipOf South Sudan ⓘ
conflictPartyWith Misseriya Arabs ⓘ
conflictRelatedTo oil resources ⓘ
seasonal grazing routes ⓘ
countryOfOrigin South Sudan ⓘ
culturalPractice age-set initiation ⓘ
cattle-based bridewealth ⓘ
disputeInvolves South Sudan ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf South Sudan ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Nilotic peoples ⓘ
governedBy customary chiefs ⓘ
hasDiasporaIn Europe ⓘ
Juba ⓘ
Khartoum ⓘ
United States ⓘ
historicalRegion Abyei Area ⓘ
linked to: Abyei
knownFor conflict over land and grazing rights ⓘ
presence in oil-rich Abyei region ⓘ
language Dinka language ⓘ
languageFamily Nilotic languages ⓘ
livelihood agro-pastoralism ⓘ
locatedInDisputedTerritory Abyei Area ⓘ
linked to: Abyei
mainEconomicActivity cattle herding ⓘ
mainLivestock cattle ⓘ
goats ⓘ
sheep ⓘ
partOf Dinka people ⓘ
politicalAlignment largely aligned with South Sudan ⓘ
primaryRegion Abyei ⓘ
Kordofan region ⓘ
linked to: Kordofan
regionRichIn oil ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Agar Dinka ⓘ
Nuer people ⓘ
linked to: Nuer

Rek Dinka ⓘ
Twic Dinka ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based organization ⓘ
subjectOfAgreement Abyei Protocol of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement ⓘ
traditionalHousing thatched huts ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle pastoralism ⓘ
uses transhumant cattle migration ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Dinka people → subgroup → Ngok Dinka ⓘ
Abyei → inhabitedBy → Ngok Dinka ⓘ
linked to: Ngok Dinka
Abyei → ethnicGroupMajority → Ngok Dinka ⓘ
linked to: Ngok Dinka