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| caption = A Sara woman
| total = ~46 million
| popplace = The Republic of [[Chad]], the [[Central African Republic]], and the Republic of [[Sudan]]
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| related = [[Bilala people]] and other [[Central Sudanic|Central Sudanic peoples]]
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The '''Sara people''' are a [[Central Sudanic languages|Central Sudanic]] ethnic group native to southern [[Chad]], the northwestern areas of the [[Central African Republic]], and the southern border of North [[Sudan]].<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sara Sara people], Encyclopædia Britannica</ref> They speak the [[Sara languages]] which are a part of the [[Central Sudanic|Central Sudanic language family]].<ref>[http://www.ethnologue.com/17/subgroups/sara/ Sara languages], Ethnologue</ref> They are also the largest [[Ethnic groups in Chad|ethnic group in Chad]].<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/chad/ Chad: Society and People], CIA Factbook, US Government</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Christine Zuchora-Walske|title=Chad in Pictures|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kkB1GaR2SXEC&pg=PA47|year=2009|publisher=Twenty-First Century|isbn=978-1-57505-956-3|page=47}}</ref>
 
Sara oral histories add further details about the people. In summary, the Sara are mostly animists (veneration of nature), with a social order made up of several patrilineal clans formerly united into a single polity with a national language, national identity, and national religion. Many Sara people have retained their ethnic religion, but some have converted to Christianity and Islam.<ref name="Olson1996p510"/>