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
The Anseba River (, ) is a tributary of the Barka River in Eritrea with a length of 346 kilometers. It rises in the Eritrean Highlands outside Asmara and flows in a northwestern direction through Keren. It merges with the Barka River near the b ...
in the
Keren District
Keren Subregion (Cheren Subregion) is a subregion in the northwestern Anseba region (Zoba Anseba) of Eritrea
Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Ho ...
. There split into two clans: the Marya qeyih and the marya tselam. They are related to the
Mensa,
Hazo and
Tora peoples,
and form a subgroup of the
Tigre people
The Tigre people ( tig, ትግረ ''tigre'' or ''tigrē'') are an ethnic group indigenous to Eritrea. They mainly inhabit the lowlands and northern highlands of Eritrea.
History
The Tigre are a nomadic agro-pastoralist community living in ...
.
References
Ethnic groups in Eritrea
Anseba Region
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