Shuweihat tribe

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.

For the locality in Abu Dhabi, see Ruwais.

There are about 2,000,000 Shuweihat.

References

Arab tribes in Sudan
Ababda Artega Awadia Awlad Himayd Batahin Bedaria Beni Halba Dubasiyin Fadnia Fezara Gawamaa Gimma Habbaniya Hasania Hawazma Humr Husseinat Ja'alin Kababish Kawahla Maalia Mahamid Manasir Messiria Rashaida Rizeigat Rubatab Rufa'a Selim Shaigiya Shukria Ta’isha
Part of Arab tribes

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

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