Tonkolele, Sierra Leone

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Tonkolele is a town in the mountains of central Sierra Leone.

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It is the site of iron ore deposits. Plans to build a railway to Port Pepel, to exploit those deposits, were announced in October 2010. [1]

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  1. "SIERRA LEONE RAILWAY". Railways Africa. Retrieved 2010-11-09.

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