Enggano people
The Enggano people are an isolated, but contacted, tribe which inhabits Enggano Island. Enggano Island is a small island located adjacent to the southwest coast of Sumatra in Indonesia. The population of Enggano people is not closely tracked. As such, no population estimates beyond the year 2000 appear to exist. Furthermore, the estimates from 1990 and 2000 are not in agreement. The source for the year 2000 estimates that there were 1,500 Enggano people inhabiting the island, while the 1999 source estimates that there were approximately 1,000 Enggano people inhabiting the island. However, both sources agree that the population is likely to continue decreasing.
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An Enggano man performing a war dance. | |
| Total population | |
| 1,500 (2000) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Indonesia (Enggano Island) | |
| Languages | |
| Enggano language, Indonesian language | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (Roman Catholicism), Islam (Sunni), Folk religion (animism, totemism, ancestral worship) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Batak and Nias |
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