They can be found on the western edge of the Nile River basin southwest of the city of Khartoum. They live primarily in rural villages and settlements situated along small waterways. The Shukria, who number about 159,100, are primarily Sunni Muslims . They speak an Arabic dialect called Shukriyya, or Badawi. What Are Their Lives Like Life is centered around the village for most of the Shukria.
Villages have no formal physical structure.
Most have only one shop, which supplies necessities such as sugar, coffee beans, spices, and kerosene. Most families live in compounds composed of one or more houses, all of which are enclosed by a wall of mud or thorns. Usually, there is only one interior room. Occasionally, homes will have a thatched roof extending out to make a porch. It is thought that some Shukria live in southern Sudan below the juncture of the Blue and White Niles, living in what is known as Sudanese style houses.