Pambala

Pambala lies in the country east of the lower Kwenge and Kwilu rivers. The Kwenge rises in Angola and joins the Kwilu below Kikwit, near Lusanga; its lower valley contains stretches of seasonally or permanently flooded land. The Pende inhabited the country between these two rivers, while Suku communities settled farther upstream in the nineteenth century.

The later city of Kikwit lies here.