The Mahale Mountains are a

mountain range A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arise ...

in Uvinza District of

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. The mountains are on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika. They rise to to Mount Nkungwe, Uvinza's highest point. The range was once the ancestral home of the

Holoholo people The Holoholo also known as Kalanga (''Wakalanga'' in Swahili) are a Bantu ethnic group that inhabit the shores of central lake Tanganyika. The majority of them live near Kalemie city on Lake Tanganyika in Tanganyika Province of the Democratic R ...

. Currently the area is a protected wildlife sanctuary, the Mahale Mountains National Park, which harbors chimpanzees and lions.

Holoholo

They were the traditional homeland of the

, before being relocated in the 1970s for the creation of Mahale Mountains National Park.

Holoholo

See also