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Dinka people

The Dinka people (Dinka: Jiɛ̈ɛ̈ŋ) are a Nilotic ethnic group native to South Sudan. The Dinka mostly live along the Nile, from Mangalla-Bor to Renk, in the region of Bahr el Ghazal, Upper Nile (two out of three provinces that were formerly part of southern Sudan), and the Abyei area of the Ngok Dinka in South Sudan.

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South Sudan
4.5 million[citation needed]

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Dinka people → Dinka, Media, New International Encyclopedia, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
South Sudan · 1
Dinka people → 4.5 million[citation needed]

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dinka sudan south cattle people southern nilotic sorghum region nuer pyramid deng nile along bahr groups former two around gezira

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Dinka peopleSouth Sudan4.5 million[citation needed]1.00infobox
cattle byresinstance ofThese rainy season settlements feature other permanent structures0.80text
Lost Boys of Sudan by Megan Mylaninstance ofPopular cultureDinka refugees were portrayed in works0.80text
Jon Shenkinstance ofPopular cultureDinka refugees were portrayed in works0.80text
God Grew Tired Of Usinstance ofPopular cultureDinka refugees were portrayed in works0.80text
Joan Hechts' book The Journey of the Lost Boysinstance ofPopular cultureDinka refugees were portrayed in works0.80text
the fictionalized autobiography of a Dinka refugeeinstance ofPopular cultureDinka refugees were portrayed in works0.80text
Dave Eggers' What Is the Whatinstance ofPopular cultureDinka refugees were portrayed in works0.80text
Dinka peoplerelated to External linksWiktionary-logo-en-v20.60section
Dinka peoplerelated to External linksMedia0.60section
Dinka peoplerelated to External linksDinka0.60section
Dinka peoplerelated to External linksWikimedia Commons0.60section

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