Ana people
Àná | |
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| Total population | |
| 436,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Benin | 111,130 (2013) |
| Ghana | 45,000 |
| Togo | 240,000 (2013) |
| Languages | |
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| Religion | |
| Predominantly Christianity Minor: Yoruba religion, Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Yoruba people Akposo, Ewe, Mahi | |
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The Ana people, also known as the Ife, Atakpame or Baate people, are an ethnic group of Benin and Togo. In Togo, the Ife are indigenously concentrated around Atakpame, primarily in the Gnagna (Ñaña) and Djama (Jama) quarters, and on the vertical land strip between the towns of Glei and Sokode on the west and the Togo-Benin international border in the east. In Benin, they are found domiciled in the area between the aforementioned border and the town of Savalou.
Ethnologists identify the Ana as the most western of the Yoruba subgroups. In fact, the Ana trace their origins to Ife, and their language is also called Ife, which has more than 400,000 speakers.