page_title: Sanhaja
hierarchical_section_title: Sanhaja
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Verbreitung der Berber im westlichen Nordafrika. English: Distribution of Berber people in western North Africa. Map symbology: &#160;(Dark Blue)&#160;&#160;Tuaregs &#160;(Orange)&#160;&#160;Saharian Berbers (Sanhaja, Mozabite people, Siwis) &#160;(Green)&#160;&#160;Chaoui people &#160;(Red)&#160;&#160;Kabyle people &#160;(Light purple)&#160;&#160;Chenouas &#160;(Yellow)&#160;&#160;Riffian people &#160;(Purple)&#160;&#160;Zayanes (Middle-Atlas mountains Berbers, also called Amazighs in a specifically sense or Brabers) &#160;(Light Blue)&#160;&#160;Shilha people
context_page_description: The Sanhaja were once one of the largest Berber tribal confederations, along with the Zanata and Masmuda confederations. Many tribes in Morocco, Western Sahara and Mauritania bore and still carry this ethnonym, especially in its Berber form. Other names for the population include Zenaga, Znaga, Sanhája, Sanhâdja and Senhaja.
context_section_description: The Sanhaja (Berber languages: Aẓnag, pl. Iẓnagen, and also Aẓnaj, pl. Iẓnajen; Arabic: صنهاجة‎, Ṣanhaja) were once one of the largest Berber tribal confederations, along with the Zanata and Masmuda confederations. Many tribes in Morocco, Western Sahara and Mauritania bore and still carry this ethnonym, especially in its Berber form. Other names for the population include Zenaga, Znaga, Sanhája, Sanhâdja and  Senhaja.
caption: Distribution of Berber-speaking groups (including Berber Sanhaja, and the Zenatan Mozabites and Siwis)
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