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 aris ...
in
Uvinza District of
Kigoma Region in
Tanzania
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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. Currently the area is a protected wildlife sanctuary, the
Mahale Mountains National Park, which harbors
chimpanzee
The chimpanzee (; ''Pan troglodytes''), also simply known as the chimp, is a species of Hominidae, great ape native to the forests and savannahs of tropical Africa. It has four confirmed subspecies and a fifth proposed one. When its close rel ...
s and
lion
The lion (''Panthera leo'') is a large Felidae, cat of the genus ''Panthera'', native to Sub-Saharan Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body (biology), body; a short, rounded head; round ears; and a dark, hairy tuft at the ...
s.
Holoholo
They were the traditional homeland of the
Holoholo people, before being relocated in the 1970s for the creation of Mahale Mountains National Park.
References
See also
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Mountain ranges of Tanzania
Lake Tanganyika
Holoholo
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