sahara geographical overview
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SaharaGeographical Overview
1/ Countries2/ Population
3/ Geopolitics4/ Climate
1/ COUNTRIES
11 countries 5 millions peoples living in the
Sahara
2/ POPULATION
Different population :- Moors- Toubou people- Touareg people- Zaghawa people
MOORS West of Sahara Muslim Hassaniya dialect
TOUBOU PEOPLE
Between Chad, Niger and Libya 350,000 people Muslim Nomad / Semi – Nomadic Clan based
TOUAREG PEOPLE
1.2 million Nomadic
Pastoralist lifestyle
ZAGHAWA PEOPLE
Between 75,000 and 350,000 people
Semi-nomadic Cattle, camels and sheep / wild
grains
3/ GEOPOLITICS ASPECTS• Migration from the South to the North, expecting Europe
AGADEZ : crossroads for migration
3/ GEOPOLITICS ASPECTS• WaterArtificial river in Lybia __ Problems with Egypt
3/ GEOPOLITICS ASPECTS• WaterAswan Dam __ Problems with Soudan
3/ GEOPOLITICS ASPECTS• BoundariesOccidental Sahara : phosphate ressources
4/ CLIMATE
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