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Fula people

The Fula people, Fulani people, or Fulɓe are an ethnic group in the Sahara, Sahel, and West Africa, widely dispersed across the region. Inhabiting many countries, they live mainly in West Africa and northern parts of Central Africa, South Sudan, Darfur, and regions near the Red Sea coast in Sudan. There are between 25 and 40 million Fulani worldwide.

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Algeria
4,000 (0.01%)[citation needed]
Benin
1,182,900 (8.6%)
Burkina Faso
1,800,000 (8.4%)
Cameroon
3,000,000 (13.4%)
CAR
250,000 (4.5%)
Chad
334,000 (1.8%)

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Fula people

Nodes268
Edges267
Triples150
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007463
Components1

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Fula people

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related to Geographic distribution · 48
Fula people → Adamawa, Arabic, Atlantic, Bambara, Bauchi, Benin, Benue River, Borgu, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central Mali, Diffa, Fouta Djallon, French, Fulani, Futa Tooro, Gombe, Guinea, Hausa, In
related to Slavery and caste system · 27
Fula people → According, African Commission, America, Atlantic, Cameroon, Central Africa, European, Fula, Fulani, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Human, Liberated Africans, Mandinga, Many, Many Fulani, Martin Kich, Most, Nigeria, Peoples' Rights
related to Religion · 13
Fula people → African, Fula, Fula Christians, Fulani Muslims, Islam, Muslim, Muslims, Nearly, Nigeria, Nigerian Christians, Sub-Saharan Africa, The, The Fula
Algeria · 1
Fula people → 4,000 (0.01%)[citation needed]
Benin · 1
Fula people → 1,182,900 (8.6%)
Burkina Faso · 1
Fula people → 1,800,000 (8.4%)
Cameroon · 1
Fula people → 3,000,000 (13.4%)
CAR · 1
Fula people → 250,000 (4.5%)
Chad · 1
Fula people → 334,000 (1.8%)
Gambia · 1
Fula people → 449,280 (18.2%)

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fulani west fula people cattle africa nigeria nomadic cameroon also mali fulɓe senegal niger african sahel many central groups hausa

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Fula peopleAlgeria4,000 (0.01%)[citation needed]1.00infobox
Fula peopleBenin1,182,900 (8.6%)1.00infobox
Fula peopleBurkina Faso1,800,000 (8.4%)1.00infobox
Fula peopleCameroon3,000,000 (13.4%)1.00infobox
Fula peopleCAR250,000 (4.5%)1.00infobox
Fula peopleChad334,000 (1.8%)1.00infobox
Fula peopleGambia449,280 (18.2%)1.00infobox
Fula peopleGhana4,240 (0.01%)1.00infobox
Fula peopleGuinea4,544,000 (33.4%)1.00infobox
Fula peopleGuinea-Bissau623,646 (30%)1.00infobox
Fula peopleIvory Coast3,800 (0.02%)1.00infobox
Fula peopleMali2,840,850 (13.3%)1.00infobox
Fula peopleMauritania900,000 (18.3%)1.00infobox
Fula peopleNiger1,650,000 (6.5%)1.00infobox
Fula peopleNigeria15,300,000 (6.6%)1.00infobox
Fula peopleSenegal5,055,782 (27.5%)1.00infobox
Fula peopleSierra Leone310,000 (5%)1.00infobox
Fula peopleSouth Sudan3,000 (0.02%)1.00infobox
Fula peopleSudan204,000 (0.4%)1.00infobox
Fula peopleTogo110,000 (1.2%)1.00infobox

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