Mahale Mountains

Coordinates: 6°12′00″S 30°00′00″E / 6.2000°S 30.0000°E / -6.2000; 30.0000
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Satellite image of the Mahale Mountains within Mahale Mountains National Park, with park's borders are outlined in yellow.

The Mahale Mountains are a

Uvinza District of Kigoma Region in Tanzania. The mountains are on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika
. They rise to 2,462 metres (8,077 ft) to Mount Nkungwe, Uvinza's highest point.

The range was once the ancestral home of the

chimpanzees and lions.[1]

Holoholo

They were the traditional homeland of the Holoholo people, before being relocated in the 1970s for the creation of Mahale Mountains National Park.[2]

References

  1. ^ Fitzpatrick, Mary (2012-04-26). "Tanzania's Mahale Mountains National Park". BBC. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
  2. ISBN 1-85828-783-9
    .

See also


6°12′00″S 30°00′00″E / 6.2000°S 30.0000°E / -6.2000; 30.0000

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