The Tongwe are an ethnic and linguistic group based in
Kigoma District and
Uvinza District
Uvinza is one of the eight administrative districts of Kigoma Region in Tanzania. Uvinza is bordered to the northwest by Kigoma District and Kigoma-Ujiji District. North of the district is bordered by Kasulu District . Lake Tanganyika borders ...
of
Kigoma Region, on the eastern shore of
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Tanganyika () is an African Great Lake. It is the second-oldest freshwater lake in the world, the second-largest by volume, and the second-deepest, in all cases after Lake Baikal in Siberia. It is the world's longest freshwater lake. ...
in western
Tanzania. In 2000 the Tongwe population was estimated to number 31,55
Ethnic groups in Tanzania
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