Fur people
Ethnic group in western Sudan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Fur (Fur: fòòrà, Arabic: فور Fūr) are an ethnic group predominantly inhabiting Darfur, the western part of Sudan, where they are the largest ethnic group.[5] They speak the Fur language, which belongs to the Nilo-Saharan family.
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Total population | |
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about 502,000 in 1983,[1] about 744,000 in 2004,[2] about 1,100,000 as of 2017[3] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Sudan 894,000, Chad 17,000, Central African Republic 14,500, Egypt 4,200[4] | |
Languages | |
Fur | |
Religion | |
Sunni Islam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Amdang, Masalit, Tunjur, Zaghawa |
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