Kel Ahaggar

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Kel Ahaggar are a major Tuareg confederation traditionally inhabiting the Hoggar (Ahaggar) Mountains region of southern Algeria, known for their nomadic pastoralist culture and historic control of Saharan trade routes.

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Label Occurrences
Kel Ahaggar canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tuareg confederation ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
associatedWithCity Tamanrasset ⓘ
climateOfTerritory arid ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Algeria ⓘ
culturalHeritage leatherwork ⓘ
metalwork ⓘ
oral poetry ⓘ
silver jewelry ⓘ
culturalPractice veil-wearing by men (tagelmust) ⓘ
culturalRegion Tuareg Sahara ⓘ
linked to: Tuareg
economicActivity caravan trade ⓘ
trans-Saharan trade ⓘ
ethnicIdentity Amazigh (Berber) ⓘ
linked to: Amazigh
ethnicReligion Islam with pre-Islamic customs ⓘ
ethnographicGroupOf Tuareg people ⓘ
linked to: Tuareg
geographicFeature central Sahara ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfProminence 19th century ⓘ
medieval trans-Saharan trade era ⓘ
historicalRole controllers of Saharan trade routes ⓘ
knownFor control of caravan routes ⓘ
desert navigation skills ⓘ
nomadic culture ⓘ
language Tamahaq ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
Berber languages ⓘ
Tuareg languages ⓘ
linked to: Berber languages
lifestyle nomadic pastoralism ⓘ
locatedInDesert Sahara Desert ⓘ
partOf Tuareg world ⓘ
politicalStatus incorporated into French colonial Algeria ⓘ
part of independent Algeria ⓘ
region Ahaggar Mountains ⓘ
Hoggar Mountains ⓘ
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
socialStructure tribal confederation ⓘ
subgroupOf Tuareg confederations ⓘ
terrainOfTerritory mountainous desert ⓘ
traditionalAuthority amenokal (chief) ⓘ
traditionalCenter Tamanrasset ⓘ
traditionalLivelihood camel herding ⓘ
goat herding ⓘ
sheep herding ⓘ
traditionalTerritory southern Algeria ⓘ
usesAnimal dromedary camel ⓘ
usesScript Tifinagh ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Kel Tagelmust → relatedEthnicGroup → Kel Ahaggar ⓘ
Imuhar → relatedEthnicGroup → Kel Ahaggar ⓘ
Kel Air → neighboringGroups → Kel Ahaggar ⓘ
Ahaggar Tamahaq → associatedPeople → Kel Ahaggar ⓘ