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Port Loko is the capital of Port Loko District and since 2017 the North West Province of Sierra Leone. The city had a population of 21,961 in the 2004 census [1] and current estimate of 44,900. Port Loko lies approximately 57 km (35 mi) north-east of Freetown. The area in and around Port Loko is a major bauxite mining and trade
Port Loko District is a district in the North West Province of Sierra Leone. It is the most populous district in the North and the second most populous district in Sierra Leone, after Western Area Urban District. As of the 2015 census, Port Loko District has a population of 614,063. [2]
Freetown (Krio: Fritɔun) is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone. It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean and is located in the Western Area of the country. Freetown is Sierra Leone's major urban, economic, financial, cultural, educational and political centre, as it is the seat of the Government of Sierra Leone. The population ...
Pepel has a port in the Sierra Leone River used for shipping bulk iron ore via the mining company African Minerals. [1] Railway. Pepel is connected by a 1,067 mm ...
The main economic activities in the North West province is farming, livestock, fishing and natural resources, including rutile, gold, aluminium, bauxite and diamond.. The Temne people is by far the largest single ethnic group in the North West, especially in Port Loko and Karine Districts where the Temne is a large majority.
The following table is the list of cities in Sierra Leone by population. Sierra Leone's cities. Rank City ... Port Loko: 33,541: North West Province: Port Loko ...
Masiaka is a town in Port Loko District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone.The town is located 40 miles (65 km) from Freetown.It is one of the major towns in Northern Sierra Leone and is on the main highway linking Freetown to the Provinces [permanent dead link ].
Sierra Leone, [a] officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered to the southeast by Liberia and by Guinea to the north. Sierra Leone's land area is 73,252 km 2 (28,283 sq mi). [11] It has a tropical climate and environments ranging from savannas to rainforests.