INyangatom eyaziwa nangokuthi iDongiro futhi ngokujongwa njengeBumé ngabelusi bezolimo baseNilotic abahlala emngceleni oseningizimu-ntshonalanga ye- Ethiopia naseningizimu-mpumalanga yeSouth Sudan nase- Ilemi Triangle enabantu abahlala kuwo womabili la mazwe.bangabalimi abaxubekile Bakhuluma ulimi lwesiNyangatom. I Nyangatom bangamalungu Ateker noma Karamojong cluster ukuthi iqukethe Turkana, Toposa, Karamojong, futhi Jie abakhuluma izilimi ahlobene eduze. Babalwa cishe ngama-30,000 anabantu eSouth Sudan nase-Ethiopia.AmaNyangatom amaningi ayimizulane, ahlala ezigodini ezihamba imfuyo ezingathutha kaningana ngonyaka.Inani elikhulu leNyangatom nalo lihlala ezigodini ezihlala njalo.Kujwayelekile ukuthi abantu bahambe phakathi kwamakamu ezinkomo ezihambahambayo kanye nemizana ehlala unomphela. I Nyangatom babe ukungqubuzana ngakanye nge omakhelwane babo abaningi babethembe, ikakhulukazi Turkana, Dassanetch, futhi Suri .Uhulumeni waseKenya unikeza ukusekelwa kwamasosha eTurkana kulezi zingxabano.Yize kunengozi yokungqubuzana kwamaqembu, iNyangatom eningi inezihlobo ezisondelene namalungu amanye amaqembu futhi kunobudlelwano bezohwebo phakathi kweNyangatom nomakhelwane bayo abaningi. Kanye namanye amaqembu eLower Omo Valley, iNyangatom ibhekene nezinselelo esikhathini esizayo sokuziphilisa namasiko abo ngenxa yemiklamo emikhulu yezolimo eyenzeka endaweni yabo. Tornay, Serge (1981). "The Nyangatom: An Outline of Their Ecology and Social Organization". In Bender, M. Lionel.