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In this article you can find the list of important tribes and their homeland or geographical location. The names of the tribes are mentioned in bold letters. This major world tribes list will be helpful for students preparing for competitive exams like UPSC IAS Prelims, CDS, NDA, AFCAT and various other competitive exams. Below is the list of major tribes (of the world) and their geographical location.
LIST OF MAJOR TRIBES IN THE WORLD
Abhors: Mongolian living between Assam and Eastern tribes
Afridis: North West Frontier (Pakistan)
Aleuts: Alaska
Ainus: Japan
Bantus: Negros living in Central and South Africa
Bedouin: Sahara and Middle East
Bindibu or Aborigines: Australia
Boers: Dutch settlers of South Africa
Bushman: Kalahari
Chukchi: NE Asia, USSR, North Siberia
Cossacks: Southern and Eastern frontiers of Russia
Eskimos: Greenland, North Canada, Alaska, N Siberia, Arctic region
Fulani: Western Africa
Fleming: People of Belgium
Gobi Mongols: Gobi
Guicas: Amazon forest area
Hamites: North-West Africa
Hausa: North Nigeria
Hottentots: Hot tropical Africa
Ibanas: Equatorial rain forest region of South-East Asia
India Tribes: Amazon basin
Kalmuk: Central Asia
Kazakhs: Kazakhstan
Kirghiz: People living in Central Asia
Koryaks: N. Siberia, Eurassian
Kurds: Kurdistan, Iraq
Lapps: N. Finland, Scandinavian country
Magyar: Hungary
Maoris: New Zealand
Masai: East & Central Africa
Meos: Myanmar
Negros: Mostly found in Africa
Orang Asli: Malaysia
Pygmies: Short sized people found in Congo basin in Africa
Red Indian: North America
Semangs: East Sumatra
Semites: Caucasian people of ancient times
Tapiro: Papua New Guinea
Turrets: Sahara
Yakuts: Siberia
Zulus: People of South Africa living in certain part of Natal
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