Daru, Sierra Leone

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Daru
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Daru
Location in Sierra Leone
Coordinates: 07°59′31″N10°50′26″W / 7.99194°N 10.84056°W / 7.99194; -10.84056
Country Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone
Province Eastern Province
District Kailahun
Chiefdom Jawei
Population
  Total
5,958
 2010
Time zone UTC-5 (GMT)

Daru [1] is a town in Kailahun District in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone with a population of 5,958 (2010 estimate) [2] Daru lies approximately 25 miles (40 kilometres) from Kenema. [3]

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Daru is home to one of the largest military barracks in Sierra Leone. The vast majority of the people in the town are from the Mende ethnic group. It was home of the 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, who graduated from Njala University, from the school of community health sciences.

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The community was once surrounded with thick forests, but this forest has been replaced by palm-trees and farm bush over the years due to farming activities. At present, 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.

Notable people

Climate data for Daru (1961–1990)
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)31.6
(88.9)
33.9
(93.0)
34.4
(93.9)
33.2
(91.8)
32.2
(90.0)
30.7
(87.3)
29.2
(84.6)
29.0
(84.2)
30.1
(86.2)
30.8
(87.4)
30.7
(87.3)
30.1
(86.2)
31.3
(88.4)
Daily mean °C (°F)24.8
(76.6)
26.1
(79.0)
27.8
(82.0)
27.5
(81.5)
26.9
(80.4)
25.9
(78.6)
24.9
(76.8)
24.7
(76.5)
25.1
(77.2)
25.6
(78.1)
25.8
(78.4)
24.7
(76.5)
25.8
(78.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)18.8
(65.8)
20.6
(69.1)
21.8
(71.2)
22.4
(72.3)
22.5
(72.5)
22.2
(72.0)
22.0
(71.6)
22.0
(71.6)
21.8
(71.2)
21.8
(71.2)
21.8
(71.2)
20.1
(68.2)
21.5
(70.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches)9.0
(0.35)
26.2
(1.03)
76.6
(3.02)
160.4
(6.31)
241.1
(9.49)
300.1
(11.81)
334.2
(13.16)
353.8
(13.93)
372.0
(14.65)
324.0
(12.76)
146.5
(5.77)
36.4
(1.43)
2,380.3
(93.71)
Average rainy days12711182124252523133173
Average afternoon relative humidity (%) (at 15:00 LST)49454856646974767269666062
Average dew point °C (°F)19.4
(66.9)
20.2
(68.4)
21.4
(70.5)
22.7
(72.9)
23.2
(73.8)
22.9
(73.2)
22.5
(72.5)
22.6
(72.7)
22.7
(72.9)
22.8
(73.0)
22.8
(73.0)
21.0
(69.8)
22.0
(71.6)
Mean monthly sunshine hours 186.0182.0201.5174.0170.5144.0102.389.9114.0161.2165.0158.11,848.5
Mean daily sunshine hours 6.06.56.55.85.54.83.32.93.85.25.55.15.1
Source: NOAA [4]

See also

Notes

  1. Daru (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  2. "Population of Daru".
  3. "DISTANCE FROM DARU TO KENEMA". www.worldcities.us. Archived from the original on 2018-04-29. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
  4. "Station Name: DARU" (TXT). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 30 August 2024.