Bumpe is a small town in
Bo District in the
Southern Province of
Sierra Leone. As of 2013 it had an estimated population of 16,123. The town is located south-west of
Bo.
The town is also known as Bompeh, and both names are applied to a local river. Sir
Samuel Rowe, the British Colonial Governor, visited the area in 1880.
Pan Pacific Investments Corporation (SL) Limited has a license to mine for
diamonds in Bompeh.
See also
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House of Kposowa
*
Mende people
References
Populated places in Sierra Leone
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