Daru is a town in
Kailahun District
Kailahun District is a district in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. Its capital city, capital and largest city is the town of Kailahun. The second most populous city in the district is Segbwema. Other major towns in Kailahun District inclu ...
in the
Eastern Province of
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierr ...
with a population of 5,958 (2010 estimate)
Daru lies approximately 25 miles (40
kilometers
The kilometre ( SI symbol: km; or ), spelt kilometer in American English, is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one thousand metres (kilo- being the SI prefix for ). It is now the measurement unit used for ex ...
) to
Kenema
Daru is home to one of the largest
military barracks
Barracks are usually a group of long buildings built to house military personnel or laborers. The English word originates from the 17th century via French and Italian from an old Spanish word "barraca" ("soldier's tent"), but today barracks are u ...
in Sierra Leone. The vast majority of the people in the town are from the
Mende ethnic group. Home of late Hon. Maigore Kallon, former chairman of SLPP, former member of Parliament and former minister of Foreign affairs in the Kabba administration. One of the sons of Daru, Jawie, Maigore Kallon Jr, is also a community health officer, graduated from Njala University, from the school of community health sciences.
Steady Bongo
lansana Sheriff (born on August 28, 1966 in Daru, Kailahun District, Sierra Leone) popularly known by his stage name Steady Bongo, is an internationally recognized Sierra Leonean musician and record producer. He is one of the most famous musicia ...
, one of the most popular Sierra Leonean
musicians, was born and raised in Daru.
And Samuel Swarray clinical officer at Medicine sans frontier is also an indigene of jawie.
The chiefdom is known for a unique culture, Goldtree ltd. Is a palm tree company that produces palmoil and palm kernel oil also located in the chiefdom, very close to Daru.
Transport
Daru was formerly the terminus of a now closed railway line from the capital.
Climate and vegetation
The community has a typical monsoon climate type which is the same as the Southeastern region of the country. It experiences longer period of rainy season and high amount of rainfall. The dry season normally starts at November and ends in March whist the rest is considered wet season. This makes the soil of the chiefdom or district very arable and fertile and allows the cultivation of many crops. It has a normal temperature of 26 °C and humility of 92%.
Daru lies along the rain forest zone in the country.
The community was once surrounded with thick forested, but this forest had been replaced by palm-trees and farm bush over the years due to farming activities. Presently, the community is largely surrounded by palm-tree plantation owned by the Goldtree Plantation Ltd. Swamps and grassland comprised the remaining vegetation of the community.
See also
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Transport in Sierra Leone
There are a number of systems of transport in Sierra Leone, a country in West Africa, which possess road, rail, air and water infrastructure, including a network of highways and several airports.
Just like Great Britain, Sierra Leone used to driv ...
Notes
Populated places in Sierra Leone
Eastern Province, Sierra Leone
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