Gbalamuya

Gbalamuya
Gbalamuya Location in Sierra Leone
Coordinates: 9°07′N12°55′W / 9.117°N 12.917°W / 9.117; -12.917
Country	Sierra Leone
Province	Northern Province
District	Kambia District
Government
• Type	Traditional Council
• Town Chief	Momodu Fofanah [1]
Time zone	UTC-5 (GMT)

Gbalamuya is a town in Kambia District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. ^[2] Gbalamuya shares international border with the town of Pamelap located in the Republic of Guinea. Gbalamuya is a busy trading, transportation and business center. Gbalamuya is located about 35 miles from Kambia, and about 130 miles northwest of Freetown.

Demographic

The majority of the population of Gbalamuya are members of the Susu ethnic group; though there is a large minority of other ethnic groups.

The overwhelming majority of the population of Gbalamuya is Muslim. The town has a sizable Christian minority population as well. The town chief of Gbalamuya is Momodu Fofanah ^[1]

On June 5, 2015, Sierra Leone's president Ernest Bai Koroma met the president of Guinea Alpha Conde in Gbalamuya, along the Guinea border as part of a bilateral surveillance and collaboration to end the Ebola virus in Guinea and Sierra Leone. ^[2]

References

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1. "Health Minister Assess Level Of Ebola Preparedness At Gbalamuya Border". Sierraloaded.com. 2016-04-07. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
2. "Sierra Leone, Guinea Intensify Cross-Border Collaboration to end Ebola". Statehouse.gov.sl. Archived from the original on 2016-11-16. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
3. "NRA Gbalamuya customs post: making significant inputs - News in Sierra Leone". Mysierraleoneonline.com. 2016-08-23. Retrieved 2016-11-16.