Azawagh Arabs

The Azawagh Arabs (Arabic: عرب أزواغ) (also known as nomadic Moors) are nomadic ethnic Arab-ancestry tribes who are settling mainly in the area of Azawagh which is a dry basin covering what is today northwestern Niger, as well as parts of northeastern Mali and southern Algeria.^[1]

Azawagh Arabs

Total population
300,000
Regions with significant populations
Algeria: at least 250,000 Mali: at least 40,000 Niger: at least 10,000
Languages
Hassaniya Arabic
Religion
Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
Arabs (Bedouin groups)

Azawagh Arabs are named after the Azawagh region of the Sahara^[2] and speak Hassaniya Arabic which is one of the regional varieties of Arabic.^[3]

See also

• Azawagh
• Moors
• Baggara
• Diffa Arabs