Home›African Peoples›Typical RegionBrowse ByTypical RegionTypical region names the part of the world where a kind of social group is most commonly found. Wikipedia describes examples ranging "from the mammoth steppe hunters in Siberia to the semi-sedentary Eskaleut fishermen/seal hunters of the Arctic," showing how widely one social group type can spread across very different regions. This dimension groups societies rooted in the same region.FactsTypical RegionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstablished EraWell-attested1949 1Primary DisciplineWell-attestedAnthropology 1Typical RegionFilter Results26 entriesGroup TypeAllEthnic Group (26)Ethnoreligious Community (1)Indigenous Group (1)Nation (8)Subsistence ModeAllAgriculture (8)Agro-Pastoralism (1)Craft / Industry (7)Foraging (1)Hunting and Gathering (1)Pastoralism (19)Trade / Commerce (11)Population BandAll1 to 10 Million (18)Over 10 Million (11)Under 1 Million (2)Primary LanguageAllAkan (1)Amharic (1)Berber Languages (1)Dinka language (1)Fula (2)Hausa (1)Igbo (1)Khoe (1)Khoisan (1)Kikuyu language (1)Maa languages (2)Nuer language (1)Oromo (2)Somali (1)Tamasheq language (6)Tuu (1)Wolof (3)Xhosa (5)Yoruba (3)Zulu (1)Area (sq km)All11,300 (1)30,355 (1)56,785 (1)114,763 (1)196,722 (1)239,567 (1)274,223 (1)390,757 (1)580,367 (1)581,730 (1)637,657 (1)644,329 (1)825,615 (1)923,769 (1)947,303 (1)1,030,000 (1)1,104,300 (1)1,220,813 (1)1,241,238 (1)1,267,000 (1)1,759,541 (1)2,381,741 (1)2,650,670 (1)3,053,200 (1)6,142,700 (1)7,862,221 (1)Government TypeAllConstitutional Monarchy (1)Republic (18)Income GroupAllLow (7)Lower-Middle (11)Upper-Middle (4)Independence or Founding YearAll1910 (1)1951 (1)1957 (1)1960 (9)1961 (1)1962 (1)1963 (1)1965 (1)1966 (2)1980 (1)1990 (1)1995 (1)2011 (1)LandlockedAllNo (13)Yes (8)PopulationAll2,116,427 (1)2,359,609 (1)2,422,712 (1)3,022,401 (1)5,461,319 (1)7,361,263 (1)9,583,381 (1)12,703,714 (1)15,170,420 (1)17,166,852 (1)18,847,519 (1)19,655,000 (1)22,489,126 (1)24,745,000 (1)28,814,878 (1)35,039,451 (1)47,400,000 (1)54,200,000 (1)63,419,000 (1)67,462,121 (1)74,000,000 (1)138,000,000 (1)150,400,000 (1)242,747,130 (1)270,500,000 (1)468,200,000 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 26AlgeriaTypical Region1 entryBeninTypical Region1 entryBotswanaTypical Region1 entryBurkina FasoTypical Region1 entryEthiopiaTypical Region2 entriesGambiaTypical Region1 entryGhanaTypical Region2 entriesKenyaTypical Region3 entriesLesothoTypical Region1 entryLibyaTypical Region1 entryMaliTypical Region1 entryMauritaniaTypical Region1 entryNamibiaTypical Region1 entryNigerTypical Region1 entryNigeriaTypical Region3 entriesNorth AfricaTypical Region1 entryThe SahelTypical Region1 entrySenegalTypical Region2 entriesSomaliaTypical Region1 entrySouth AfricaTypical Region2 entriesSouth SudanTypical Region2 entriesSouthern AfricaTypical Region2 entriesTanzaniaTypical Region1 entryTogoTypical Region1 entryWest AfricaTypical Region2 entriesZimbabweTypical Region1 entrySources1. Wikipedia: Human Relations Area Filestier 2WikipediaHuman Relations Area Files, lead section, founding sentenceA financially autonomous research agency based at Yale University since 1949, its mission is to promote understanding of cultural diversity and commonality in the past and present.Human Relations Area Files, lead section, anthropologist sentenceDocuments in both eHRAF databases are subject-indexed at the paragraph level by HRAF anthropologists.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.