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Gawamaa orGawam'a is anArab tribe.[1][2][3] They are a large sedentary tribe inNorth Kordofan, and sections of them also helped form the Halafa sub-group of theHawazma tribe, itself a sub-group of the largerBaggara group.[4] According to British colonial administratorHarold MacMichael, the Gawamaa were one of six non-Hawazma tribes integrated into the Hawazma tribe in the mid-eighteenth century by way of an oath.[4]
The number of its members is about 750,000. The members of this group speakSudanese Arabic. All members of this group are Muslims.
