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Dinka (African people)

LC control no.sh 85038074
LC classificationDT159.927.D57 South Sudan
DT155.2.D56 Sudan
Topical headingDinka (African people)
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Variant(s)Denkawi (African people)
Dinka (Nilotic tribe)
Jang (African people)
Jango (African people)
Jiang (African people)
Jieng (African people)
Jiengge (African people)
Muonyjang (African people)
See alsoEthnology--South Sudan
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Ethnology--Sudan
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Nilotic peoples
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Found inGurtong WWW site, Aug. 30, 2011: (Dinka; a people of South Sudan; The people call themselves Jieng (Upper Nile) or muonyjang (Bahr el Ghazal). The Nuer call them 'Jiang'; Shilluk call them 'Jango'; Arabs and Equatorians call them Jiengge; all stemming from Jieng; found in Bahr el Ghazal [South Sudan], Upper Nile [South Sudan] and Southern Kordofan [Sudan] regions)
CIA world factbook, Aug. 30, 2011: South Sudan (ethnic groups: Dinka)