Bendugu is the capital and largest town of

Falaba District Falaba District is a district in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. It is one of the sixteen Districts of Sierra Leone. Its capital and largest town is Bendugu, Sierra Leone, Bendugu. Other towns in Falaba District include Falaba, Sikunia, ...

in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone

Bendugu is a very

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town and is also the seat of Mongo Chiefdom. Bendugu is located in close proximity to the international border with the

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. Bendugu is about 85 miles to Kabala, and is 300 miles east of

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. The main economic activity in the town is

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. The vast majority of the population of Bendugu are from the Kuranko and Yalunka ethnic groups. The overwhelming majority of the residents of Bendugu are

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, with a small Christian minority. As with most parts of Sierra Leone, the

Krio language Sierra Leonean Creole or Krio is an English-based creole language that is lingua franca and de facto national language spoken throughout the West African nation of Sierra Leone. Krio is spoken by 96 percent of the country's population, and it uni ...

of the Sierra Leone Creole people is the most widely spoken language in Bendugu.

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