The Marya are a tribe in western
Eritrea
Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia ...
. They are mostly shepherds and farmers they inhabit the middle valley of the
Anseba River in the
Keren District. There split into two clans: the Marya qeyih and the marya tselam. They are related to the
Mensa
Mensa may refer to:
* Mensa International, an organization for people with a high intelligence quotient (IQ)
* Mensa (name), a name and list of people with the given name or surname
* Mensa (constellation), a constellation in the southern sky
* Men ...
,
Hazo and
Tora peoples,
and form a subgroup of the
Tigre people.
References
Ethnic groups in Eritrea
Anseba Region
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