Tongwe
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The Tongwe are an ethnic and linguistic group based in Kigoma
District, on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika
in western Tanzania
. In 2000 the Tongwe population was estimated to number 31,551 http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=tny.
Kigoma
Kigoma is a town and lake port in western Tanzania, on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika and close to the border with Burundi. It serves as the capital for the surrounding Kigoma Region and has a population of 135,234 and an elevation of 775 m.The historic trading town of Ujiji is 6 km...
District, on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Tanganyika is an African Great Lake. It is estimated to be the second largest freshwater lake in the world by volume, and the second deepest, after Lake Baikal in Siberia; it is also the world's longest freshwater lake...
in western Tanzania
Tanzania
The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...
. In 2000 the Tongwe population was estimated to number 31,551 http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=tny.