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Article: Baluchi
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- Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures
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Baluchi
PRONUNCIATION:
bal-OOCH-i
ALTERNATE NAMES:
Baloch; Balochi
LOCATION:
Pakistan (Province of Baluchistan); Iran; Afghanistan; Turkmenistan; Oman; East African coast
POPULATION:
7.5
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11 million
LANGUAGE:
Baluchi
RELIGION:
Islam (mostly Sunni Muslim; also the Zikr i sect)
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INTRODUCTION
The Baluch i (also Baloch, or Balochi) are a seminomadic people (they travel with their herds on a seasonal basis but also have a home area where they grow some food crops). They live in the southern mountains and coastal regions of South Asia's western borderlands. Their traditional homeland is divided among Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan.
The Baluch i believe they are ...