Pangwa
The Pangwa are a Bantu ethnolinguistic group based in the Kipengere Range on the eastern shore of Lake Malawi, in the Ludewa District of Njombe Region in southern 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 2002 the Pangwa population was estimated to number 95,00 The Pangwa language is a member of the Bantu languages, Bantu family. Alternate names for Pangwa are Ekipangwa and Kipangwa. See also * Nena people References Ethnic groups in Tanzania Indigenous peoples of East Africa Languages of Tanzania Northeast Bantu languages {{tanzania-ethno-group-stub ...
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Njombe Region
Njombe Region (''Mkoa wa Njombe'' in Swahili language, Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative Regions of Tanzania, regions which covers a land area of . The region is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation state of El Salvador. Njombe Region is bordered to the north by the Iringa Region and Mbeya Region, to the east by Morogoro Region, to the south by the Ruvuma Region and to the west by Lake Nyasa. The regional capital is the municipality of Njombe. According to the 2012 national census, the region had a population of 702,097. Etymology The name Njombe originated from a name of a tree species called ‘''Mdzombe''’ for singular and ''Mazdombe'' for plural which then dominant in one of its localities known as Mdandu. And it was in Mdandu where the Germans chose to build an administrative and defence block; the Boma (enclosure), Boma. Geography The Njombe Region is situated in Tanzania's Southern Highlands, Tanzania, Southern Highlands Zone. It sh ...
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