Dinka people

The Dinka people (Dinka: Jiɛ̈ɛ̈ŋ) are a Nilotic ethnic group native to South Sudan. The Dinka mostly live along the Nile, from Mangalla-Bor to Renk, in the region of Bahr el Ghazal, Upper Nile (two out of three Provinces that were formerly part of southern Sudan), and the Abyei Area of the Ngok Dinka in South Sudan.

This article is about the ethnic group. For the language, see Dinka language. For other uses, see Dinka (disambiguation).
Jieng/Dinka
Jiɛ̈ɛ̈ŋ
Portrait of Dinka man
Regions with significant populations
 South Sudan4.5 million
Languages
Dinka
Religion
Christianity, Dinka religion, Islam
Related ethnic groups
Nuer and other Nilotic peoples

They number around 4.5 million, according to the 2008 Sudan census, constituting about 40% of the population of that country and the largest ethnic tribe in South Sudan. The Dinka refer to themselves as Muonyjang (singular) and jieng (plural).

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