 Beni-Amer Boy, National Geographic, Eritrea, 1965. | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 442,000[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Eritrea | Unknown |
 Sudan | 235,389 (1993)[2] |
| Languages | |
| Tigre, Arabic, Beja | |
| Religion | |
| Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| other Beja people | |
The Beni-Amer, also known as Beni-Amir (Tigrinya: በን ዓምር, Arabic: بني عامر) (sometimes simply as Amer or Nabtab), are a population inhabiting northeast Africa.[3] They are considered by some to comprise a subgroup of the Beja people. They live in Sudan and Eritrea.[3][4] They are mostly Muslim and constitute the largest tribal confederation in Eritrea.[5]
- ^ "Ethnicity in Kassala-Gedaref states, 1993 Census". Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ "Ethnicity in Kassala-Gedaref states, 1993 Census". Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ a b Anthony Appiah; Henry Louis Gates (2010). Encyclopedia of Africa. Oxford University Press. p. 167. ISBN 978-0-19-533770-9.
- ^ James Stuart Olson (1996). The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary. Greenwood. pp. 89–90. ISBN 978-0-313-27918-8.
- ^ Dan Connell; Tom Killion (2010). Historical Dictionary of Eritrea. Scarecrow. pp. 119, 121–122, 280. ISBN 978-0-8108-7505-0.