Ethnic groups in Tunisia

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The Circassians, also known as the Cherkess or the Adyghe (Adyghe and , ), are a Northwest Caucasian ethnic group native to Circassia, a region and former country in the North Caucasus. As a consequence of the 19th-century Russo-Circassian War and the Circassian genocide, most Circassians were exiled from their homeland and scattered in what was then the Ottoman Empire (modern-day Turkey, Southeastern Europe and the Middle East). The two Circassian languages natively spoken by the Circassian people are western Adyghe and eastern Kabardian. The Ubykh language fell out of use and went extinct in

The Haratin (, singular Ḥarṭānī), also spelled Haratine or Harratin, are an ethnic group found in western Sahel and southwestern Maghreb. The Haratin are mostly found in modern Mauritania (where they form a plurality), Morocco, Western Sahara, Senegal, and Algeria.

thumb|19th century depiction of a Kouloughli Kouloughlis, also spelled Koulouglis, Cologhlis and Qulaughlis was a term used during the period of Ottoman influence in North Africa that usually designated the mixed offspring of Ottoman officials and janissaries and local women.

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ethnic group in Tunisia

The Mrazig are a previously nomadic people who live in and around the town of Ghlissia and Douz, Tunisia. Their land goes 100 kiliometers/62 miles into the Tunisian desert. They are the descendants of the Banu Sulaym tribe who left the Arabian Peninsula in the seventh century. They lived first in Egypt, then Libya, and finally arrived and settled in Tunisia in the thirteenth century.