The Pimbwe are an ethnic and linguistic group based in the

Rukwa Region Rukwa Region(''Mkoa wa Rukwa'' in Swahili language, Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative Regions of Tanzania, regions The region covers a land area of , which is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation state of Hait ...

of western

Tanzania Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t ...

, in the neighbourhood of Mpimbwe to the northwest of

Lake Rukwa Lake Rukwa is an endorheic lake located in 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 ...

Margaret Arminel Bryan, ''The Bantu Languages of Africa'' Oxford University Press 1959.

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Ethnic groups in Tanzania Indigenous peoples of East Africa Rukwa languages {{Bantu-lang-stub