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Around 1,900,000 to 2,759,000
- They are nomadic and live primarily in the Eastern Desert. The Beja number around 1,900,000 to 2,759,000.
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The Beja people (Arabic: البجا, Beja: Oobja, Tigre: በጃ) are a Cushitic ethnic group [5] native to the Eastern Desert, inhabiting a coastal area from southeastern Egypt through eastern Sudan and into northwestern Eritrea. [1]
Beja, nomadic people grouped into tribes and occupying mountain country between the Red Sea and the Nile and Atbara rivers from the latitude of Aswān southeastward to the Eritrean Plateau—that is, from southeastern Egypt through Sudan and into Eritrea. Numbering about 1.9 million in the early 21st.
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Nov 8, 2023 · However, according to the most recent official population census in 2008, the Beja people account for roughly 10 per cent of Sudan’s total population, approximately 45 million at the time, equating to around 4 million Beja individuals.
The Beja people are an ethnic Cushitic people inhabiting Sudan, Egypt, and Eritrea. In recent history, they have lived primarily in the Eastern Desert. They number around 1,237,000 people.
Sep 20, 2012 · The total number of all Beja people in Eritrea speaking Beja or Tigre appears to be about 206,000. Some estimates are higher than 500,000. All the Beja peoples, by our more conservative estimates, number 2,540,315.
The Beja people are nomads who have occupied their homelands across the Sudan, Eritrea and Egypt for more than 4,000 years. Some scholars believe they are related to the ancient Egyptians. In the course of their history, they accepted Islam and are 99 per cent Muslim.
May 4, 2023 · With a population of anywhere from 1.2 to 2.2 million people, the Beja people are part of the broader Cushitic ethnic group found near the southern ancient Egyptian border.
