Mpueto

Mpueto lies in the high country between the Luvua River and Lake Tanganyika. Tumbwe communities occupied the eastern uplands, while Hemba lived farther west toward the Lualaba. During the reign of Ilunga Sungu, around 1780–1810, Luba influence extended across the country between the Luvua and Lukuga; Tumbwe chiefs including Mwenge and Mulenga acknowledged the Luba king.