Chaamba

Chaamba
الشعانبة
Chaamba; الشعانبة
Ethnicity	Arab
Location	Algerian Desert
Parent tribe	Banu Sulaym
Language	Arabic
Religion	Sunni Islam

The Chaamba (Arabic: الشعانبة, romanized: Sha‘āniba) are an Arab tribe in the northern Sahara of central Algeria. They are a large tribe of Bedouins and live in a large desert territory to the south of the Atlas Mountains,^[1] around Metlili, El Golea, Ouargla, El Oued, and the Great Western Erg, including Timimoun and Béni Abbès^[2] While traditionally they were nomads specialised in raising camels and caravan trade, most have settled in the oases over the past century.^[1] The date palm is the most important agricultural product for the Chaamba.

^ ^a ^b Castile, George Pierre; Kushner, Gilbert (2017-05-23). Persistent Peoples: Cultural Enclaves in Perspective. University of Arizona Press. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-8165-3571-2.
^ Jacques Grand'henry, Les parlers arabes de la région du Mzāb, Sahara algérien, Leiden: Brill 1976, p. 3.

[:0-1] Castile, George Pierre; Kushner, Gilbert (2017-05-23). Persistent Peoples: Cultural Enclaves in Perspective. University of Arizona Press. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-8165-3571-2.

[2] Jacques Grand'henry, Les parlers arabes de la région du Mzāb, Sahara algérien, Leiden: Brill 1976, p. 3.

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