The Pimbwe are an ethnic and linguistic group based in the
Rukwa Region
Rukwa Region (''Mkoa wa Rukwa'' in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions with a postcode number 55000. The regional capital is the municipality of Sumbawanga. According to the 2012 national census, the region had a population ...
of western
Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...
, in the neighbourhood of
Mpimbwe to the northwest of
Lake Rukwa
Lake Rukwa is an endorheic lake located the Rukwa Valley of Rukwa Region, Songwe Region and Katavi Region in southwestern Tanzania. The lake is the third largest inland body of water in the country.
Geography
The alkaline Lake Rukwa lies midway ...
[Margaret Arminel Bryan, ''The Bantu Languages of Africa'' Oxford University Press 1959.]
References
Ethnic groups in Tanzania
Indigenous peoples of East Africa
Rukwa languages
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