Demographics of Saudi Arabia - Ethnic Groups

Ethnic Groups

Community Description
Afro-Arabs Descendants of Africans, primarily from East Africa and of Sunni faith
Baharna Indigenous people of the Eastern Province — of Shia faith
Huwala Arabized Sunni Persians
Najdis Tribal Sunni Arabs from Najd in central Arabia. These are people whose ancestors were traders, etc. Most of the Sunni population is Najdi

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