Mapaki

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Mapaki
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Mapaki
Location in Sierra Leone
Coordinates: 8°47′N11°55′W / 8.783°N 11.917°W / 8.783; -11.917 Coordinates: 8°47′N11°55′W / 8.783°N 11.917°W / 8.783; -11.917
CountryFlag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone
Province Northern Province
District Bombali District
Chiefdom Paki Massabong
Time zone GMT (UTC+0)

Mapaki is a small town and seat of the chiefdom of Paki Massabong in Bombali District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone.

Chiefdoms of Sierra Leone

The chiefdoms of Sierra Leone are the third-level units of administration in Sierra Leone. There are 190 chiefdoms in Sierra Leone, as of 2017. Previously, there were 149.

Bombali District Place in Northern Province, Sierra Leone

Bombali District is a district in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. Its capital and largest city is Makeni, which is also the largest city in the north. Bombali District is one of the fourteen districts of Sierra Leone. Bombali is the second largest district in Sierra Leone by geographical area, after Koinadugu District, and is the second most populous district in the North, after Port Loko District. In the 2015 Sierra Leone national census, the population of Bombali district was 606,183. Other major towns in Bombali District include Kamabai, Karina and Binkolo.

Northern Province, Sierra Leone province in Sierra Leone

The Northern Province is one of the five provincial divisions of Sierra Leone. It is located in the Northern geographic region of Sierra Leone. It comprises the following four Districts: Bombali, Falaba, Koinadugu and Tonkolili. The Northern Province covers an area of 35,936 km2 (13,875 sq mi) with a population of 2,502,865, based on the 2015 Sierra Leone national census. Its administrative and economic center is Makeni. The North borders the Western Area to the West, the Republic of Guinea to the north-east, the Eastern Province and Southern Province to the south-east.