Port Loko District

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Port Loko District
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Location of Port Loko District in Sierra Leone
Coordinates: 8°45′N12°40′W / 8.750°N 12.667°W / 8.750; -12.667
Country Sierra Leone
Province North West
Capital Port Loko
Largest city Lunsar
Government
 • TypeDistrict Council
 • District Council Chairman Ibrahim Santigie Bangura [1] (APC)
Area
 • Total5,719 km2 (2,208 sq mi)
Population
 (2015 census) [2]
 • Total614,063
 • Rank4th
 • Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (Greenwich Mean Time)
HDI (2017)0.388 [3]
low · 9th

Port Loko District is a district in the North West Province of Sierra Leone. It is the most populous district in the North and the second most populous district in Sierra Leone, after Western Area Urban District. As of the 2015 census, Port Loko District has a population of 614,063. [2] The district capital is the town of Port Loko and its largest city is Lunsar. The other major towns in the district include Masiaka, Rokupr, Pepel, Lungi and Gbinti.

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The district of Port Loko borders the Western Area to the west, Kambia District to the north, Bombali District to the east and Tonkolili District to the south. The district occupies a total area of 5,719 km2 (2,208 sq mi) and comprises eleven chiefdoms. The population of Port Loko District is predominantly Muslim and the Temne people form by far the largest ethnic group in the district.

Religion

Religion in Port Loko District (2015) [4]
ReligionPercent(%)
Islam
 
92.8%
Christianity
 
5.9%
Bahai
 
0.0%
Traditional African Religion
 
0.0%
Other
 
0.5%
No Religion
 
0.8%

Administrative divisions

Chiefdoms

Pre-2017

Prior to the 2017 local administrative reorganization, Port Loko District was made up of eleven chiefdoms as the third level of administrative subdivision.

  1. Bureh Kaseh – Mange
  2. Buya Romende – Foredugu
  3. Debia – Gbinti
  4. Kaffu Bullom – Mahera
  5. Loko Massama – Petifu
  6. Maforki – Port Loko
  7. Marampa – Lunsar
  8. Masimera – Masimera
  9. Koya – Songo
  10. Sanda Magbolontor – Sendugu
  11. T.M. Safroko – Miraykulay

Post-2017

After the 2017 local administrative reorganization, Port Loko District has made up of fourteen chiefdoms as the third level of administrative subdivision; with the newest units in Kamasondo, Bakeh Loko, Port Loko City Chiefdoms being de-amalgamated from Loko Massama and Maforki Chiefdoms, the splits of Bureh Kaseh and T.M. Safroko Chiefdoms into Bureh, Kaseh, Makonteh, Makama and Tinkatopa Chiefdoms, and the losses of Buya Romende, Debia and Sanda Magbolontor Chiefdoms to the newly-created Karene District.

  1. Bakeh Loko – ?
  2. Bureh – Mange
  3. Kaffu Bullom – Mahera
  4. Kamasondo – ?
  5. Kaseh – ?
  6. Koya – Songo
  7. Loko Massama – Petifu
  8. Maconteh – ?
  9. Maforki – ?
  10. Makama – Miraykulay
  11. Marampa – Lunsar
  12. Masimera – Masimera
  13. Tinkatopa – ?
  14. Port Loko City – Port Loko

Major towns

Small towns and villages

Notable people from Port Loko District

Notes

  1. ↑ https://electiondata.io/elected-officials/chairperson
  2. 1 2 Pratt, Regina (1 April 2016). "Sierra Leone: 'Sierra Leone Population Is Now Over Seven Million'" . Retrieved 10 October 2016– via AllAfrica.
  3. ↑ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  4. ↑ (PDF) https://sierraleone.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/Population%20structure%20Report_1.pdf.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ "The Chiefdoms of Sierra Leone - Harvard University - PDF Free Download". propertibazar.com. Archived from the original on 2018-07-14. Retrieved 2018-07-14.

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