Shuweihat tribe

For the locality in Abu Dhabi, see Ruwais.

Shuweihat are the members of an ethnic minority in Chad and Sudan, which belongs to the Baggara Arabs. Most of them are Muslims. They speak the Shuwa dialect of the Arabic language.

There are about 2,000,000 Shuweihat.

References

Sudanese Arab Tribes

Artega Awadia Awlad Himayd Beni Halba Fadnia Habbaniya Hasania Hawazma Ja'alin Bedaria Manasir Messiria Missriya Rizeigat Rubatab Shaigiya Shukria Shuweihat Ta’isha

Ethnic groups in Chad

Amdang Anakaza Baggara Bidayat Bilala Buduma Dar Daju Daju Daza Fongoro Fula Fur Gouran Haddad Hadjarai Hausa Kanembu Kanuri Kim Kimr Kotoko Lisi Maba Mandinka Mararit Masa Masalit Musgum Sara Shuweihat Sinyar Sudanese Sungor Tama Teda Toubou Tunjur Tupuri Yerwa Kanuri Zaghawa

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