Pogoro

Pogoro country lies in the wooded hills of south-central Tanzania, above the valleys of the Kilombero basin. Deep, narrow river valleys cut the highlands, offering land for cultivation among the forested slopes. The Pogoro are Bantu-speaking agriculturalists whose communities share this varied country with neighbouring peoples of the floodplain and hills. Seasonal rivers carry water from the uplands towards the Rufiji.

The later city of Njombe lies here.