Anuak

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The Anuak are a Nilotic ethnic group primarily inhabiting the Gambela region of western Ethiopia and parts of South Sudan, known for their agro-pastoral lifestyle and distinct language and culture.

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Label Occurrences
Anuak canonical 14
Anuak land 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nilotic people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
affectedBy Ethiopian civil conflicts ⓘ
linked to: Ethiopian Civil War
alsoKnownAs Anyuak ⓘ
Anywaa ⓘ
linked to: Anywa
conflictHistory Anuak–Nuer conflicts in Gambela ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Ethiopia ⓘ
South Sudan ⓘ
culturalPractice age-grade systems ⓘ
initiation rituals ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Ethiopia ⓘ
South Sudan ⓘ
hasAutonomousRegion Anuak Zone, Gambela Region ⓘ
linked to: Gambella region
language Anuak language ⓘ
languageFamily Nilotic languages ⓘ
languageSubfamily Western Nilotic languages ⓘ
lifestyle agro-pastoral ⓘ
mainCrops maize ⓘ
sesame ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
tobacco ⓘ
musicTradition drum-based music ⓘ
neighboringPeoples Anywaa ⓘ
linked to: Anywa

Dinka ⓘ
Nuer ⓘ
oralTradition storytelling ⓘ
partOfLinguisticGroup Luo peoples ⓘ
linked to: Luo people
politicalRepresentation regional councils in Gambela ⓘ
populationDistribution concentrated in Gambela Region of Ethiopia ⓘ
present in Upper Nile areas of South Sudan ⓘ
primaryRegion Gambela Region ⓘ
recognizedAsMinority Ethiopia ⓘ
region East Africa ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
settlementPattern village-based ⓘ
socialOrganization clan-based ⓘ
subsistence rain-fed farming ⓘ
traditionalEconomy agriculture ⓘ
cattle herding ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
traditionalHousing thatched huts ⓘ
usesRiverineResources Akobo River ⓘ
Baro River ⓘ

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