Port Loko District is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

in the

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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 , Sierra ...

. It is the most populous District in the North and the second most populous District in Sierra Leone, after the

Western Area Urban District The Western Area Urban District is one of the 16 districts of Sierra Leone. It is by far the most populous district in the country with a population of 1,050,301 and is located in the Western Area of the country. The Western Area Urban District e ...

. As of the 2015 census, Port Loko District has a population of 614,063. The district capital is the town of

Port Loko 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 and current estimate of 44,900. Port Loko lies approximately 36 miles north-east of Fr ...

and its largest city is

Lunsar Lunsar is a town in Marampa Chiefdom, Port Loko District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. It is the largest town in Port Loko District by population. The Britannica estimate of the population of Lunsar is 36,1 The town is one of the main ...

. The other major towns in the district include Masiaka, Rokupr,

Pepel Pepel is a coastal town in the Port Loko District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. Port Pepel has a port in the Sierra Leone River used for shipping bulk iron ore via the mining company African Minerals. Railway Pepel is connec ...

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and

Gbinti Gbinti is a rural town in Dibia chiefdombr> Port Loko District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. The town is the chieftaincy seat of Dibia chiefdom. Gbinti lies about 20 miles from the district capital Port Loko and approximately 52 m ...

. The district of Port Loko borders the

Western Area The Western Area or Freetown Peninsula (formerly the Colony of Sierra Leone) is one of five principal divisions of Sierra Leone. It comprises the oldest city and national capital Freetown and its surrounding towns and countryside. It covers an a ...

to the west,

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to the north,

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to the east and

Tonkolili District Tonkolili District is a district in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. Its capital and largest city is Magburaka. The other major towns include Masingbi, Yele, Mile 91, Bumbuna, Yonibana, Matotoka. Mathora, Magbass and Masanga. To ...

to the south. The district occupies a total area of and comprises eleven

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. The population of Port Loko District is predominantly

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and the

Temne people The Temne, also called Atemne, Témené, Temné, Téminè, Temeni, Thaimne, Themne, Thimni, Timené, Timné, Timmani, or Timni, are a West African ethnic group, They are predominantly found in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone.

form by far the largest ethnic group in the district.

Religion

Notable people from Port Loko District

Alie Koblo Queen Kabia II Alie Koblo Queen Kabia II (born Alhaji Alie Osman Kabia) was a Sierra Leonean paramount chief. In 1986, he succeeded Bai Koblo Pathbana II and was crowned the 44th Paramount Chief of Marampa Chiefdom. He ruled from his seat at Lunsar, Port Lok ...

, 44th Paramount Chief of

Marampa Chiefdom Marampa Chiefdom is a chiefdom in Port Loko District of Sierra Leone. Its capital is Lunsar Lunsar is a town in Marampa Chiefdom, Port Loko District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. It is the largest town in Port Loko District by popul ...

. *

Bai Bureh Bai Bureh (February 15, 1840 – August 24, 1908) was a Sierra Leonean ruler, Military strategy, military strategist, and Muslim cleric, who led the Temne and Loko uprising against British rule in 1898 in Northern Sierra Leone. Early life and ...

, Sierra Leonean ruler who led the Temne uprising against the British in The 1898 Rebellion *

Bai Koblo Pathbana II Bai Koblo Pathbana II, was a paramount chief and politician in Lunsar, Port Loko District, Sierra Leone. He was crowned the 43rd Paramount Chief of Marampa-Masimera Chiefdom in 1943. In 1946, he married Ella Koblo Gulama, Ella Gulama, the daug ...

, 43rd Paramount Chief of

. *

Sorie Ibrahim Koroma Sorie Ibrahim Koroma (April 14, 1927 – April 30, 1994) commonly known as S.I. Koroma was a Sierra Leonean politician, labor activist, and one of the founding members of the All People's Congress political party. He served as first Vice Preside ...

, Vice President of Sierra Leone from 1971 to 1985 *

Abass Bundu Abass Chernor Bundu (born 1948 in Gbinti, Port Loko District) is a Sierra Leonean politician, diplomat, and the current Speaker of the Parliament of Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone House of Parliament, in office since April 25, 201. Bundu was elect ...

, Sierra Leonean Politician * Ibrahim Kemoh Sesay, Former Sierra Leone's minister of Transportation and Aviation *

Amadu Wurie Amadu Wurie (August 27 1898 – 13 June 1977) was an early Sierra Leonean educationist and politician. Biography Wurie was born in Gbinti, Port Loko District, in the Northern Province of British Sierra Leone, the son of a Fula paramount chief. ...

, Sierra Leonean Educationist and Politician *Abou Bai-Sheka, Sierra Leonean Professor

Notes

Sources

"Members of Parliament".''State House Online''.Office of the Sierra Leone President.Web
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