Lakka is a

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around the

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in the

Western Area Rural District The Western Area Rural District is one of the sixteen districts of Sierra Leone. It is located mostly around the peninsula in the Western Area of Sierra Leone. The Western Area Rural District has a 2015 census population of 442,951. The distric ...

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone, 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 . It has a tropical climate and envi ...

. The town lies about ten miles west of

Freetown Freetown () is the Capital city, 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, e ...

. The major industry in Lakka town is

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and

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. Lakka is known for its large

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, which attract

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to the town. Lakka has an estimated population of about 4,500, which is a small town by population, though large in

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Demographics

Lakka town is ethnically diverse, as it is inhabited by several ethnic groups, though the Sherbro and

Krio people The Sierra Leone Creole people () are an ethnic group of Sierra Leone. The Sierra Leone Creole people are descendants of freed African-American, Afro-Caribbean, and Liberated African slaves who settled in the Western Area of Sierra Leone betw ...

are the principal inhabitants of the town. The inhabitants of Lakka are mainly

fishermen A fisherman or fisher is someone who captures fish and other animals from a body of water, or gathers shellfish. Worldwide, there are about 38 million commercial and subsistence fishers and fish farmers. Fishermen may be professional or recr ...

. Lakka town is home to its own hospital, a number of hotels, as well as several primary schools and a secondary school. The inhabitant of Lakka are largely

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Politics

Although part of the Western Area Rural district council, Lakka has its own directly elected local

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headed by a Town Head. The current Town Head of Lakka is Foday Tucker, who was elected in the 2013 Lakka district head municipal electio

.

References

External links

Lakka on ecosaleone.com
* {{Authority control Western Area Populated places in Sierra Leone