Английская Википедия:Cape Tembwe

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Шаблон:Infobox landform Cape Tembwe is a promontory on the west shore of Lake Tanganyika, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The cape rises to a peak with an elevation of about Шаблон:Convert, above the lake level of Шаблон:Convert.

The Scottish explorer Joseph Thomson visited the region in December 1879.Шаблон:Sfn Traveling north, he found the countryside fertile and the people prosperous. He was given a hospitable reception by Sultan Mpala at Lubanda (Mpala).Шаблон:Sfn Cape Tembwe is about six hours' walk north of Mpala.Шаблон:Sfn When Thomson reached the cape he found the countryside devastated by the effects of slave raiding by a chief known as Lusinga. The large village at Tembwe was full of refugees.Шаблон:Sfn

The region along the lake shore from Cape Tembwe south into Zambia and inland into the Marungu massif is inhabited by Tabwa people. North of the cape the people identify themselves as Holoholo.Шаблон:Sfn

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