Flashcards: Ethnic groups in South Sudan

The Nuer people are a Nilotic ethnic group primarily inhabiting the Nile Valley.

The Anuak , also known as the Anyuak, Agnwak and Anywaa, are a Luo Nilotic ethnic group inhabiting parts of East Africa.

Acholi (also Acoli) is a Luo Nilotic ethnic group from Northern Uganda (an area commonly referred to as Acoliland), including the districts of Agago, Amuru, Gulu, Kitgum, Nwoya, Lamwo, and Pader; and Magwe County in South Sudan.

Sudanese Arabs are the Arabic-speaking majority population of Sudan.

The Dinka people are an ethnic group inhabiting the Bahr el Ghazal region of the Nile basin, Jonglei and parts of southern Kordufan and Upper Nile regions.

Nilotic peoples are peoples indigenous to the Nile Valley that speak Nilotic languages, which comprise a large sub-group of the Nilo-Saharan languages spoken in South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, and northern Tanzania.

Nuba is a collective term used here for the various indigenous peoples who inhabit the Nuba Mountains of South Kordofan state, in Sudan.

The Shilluk (Shill: Chollo) are a major Luo Nilotic people of Southern Sudan, living on both banks of the river Nile, in the vicinity of the city of Malakal.

The Azande (plural of "Zande" in the Zande language) are an ethnic group of North Central Africa.

The Bari people, also known as the Karo, are a Nilotic ethnic group mainly inhabiting South Sudan, as well as adjacent parts of southwestern Ethiopia.

The Bongo are an ethnic group living in South Sudan, mostly in the Tonj District.

The Banda people are an ethnic group of the Central African Republic, also found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, and South Sudan.

The Murle are a Nilotic ethnic group inhabiting the Pibor County and Boma area in Jonglei State, South Sudan, as well as parts of southwestern Ethiopia.

The Toposa are an ethnic group in South Sudan, living in the Greater Kapoeta region of the erstwhile Eastern Equatoria state.

The Binga are an ethnic group living in the South Sudanese state of Western Bahr el Ghazal and in Darfur.

The Lopit people are an ethnic group found in Eastern Equatoria State, South Sudan.

The Mà'dí people live in Magwi County in South Sudan, and the districts of Adjumani and Moyo in Uganda.

The Nyangatom also known as Donyiro and pejoratively as Bumé are Nilotic agro-pastoralists inhabiting the border of southwestern Ethiopia and southeastern South Sudan and in the Ilemi Triangle with populations residing in both countries.

Surma is a panethnicity residing in South Sudan and southwestern Ethiopia.

The Logo people or Logoa (plural) are an ethnic group of Nilotic origin who traditionally live in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda, and southern South Sudan.

The Baka are an ethnic group from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Western Equatoria in South Sudan.

The Pojulu ethnic groups are of the savanna lands in the White Nile Valley, in the Equatoria region of South Sudan.

Kaligi (Arabic Feroghe) is an ethnic group in South Sudan.

The Kuku are a tribe from South Sudan.

The Mandari are a small ethnic group of South Sudan and one of the Nilotic peoples.

The Kakwa are an ethnic group of Nilotic origin residing in northwestern Uganda, south western South Sudan, and northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.