Koindu
Koindu[1] is a town in Kailahun District in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. Koindu should not be confused with Koidu, which is a major diamond mining town in Kono District[2] and market center.[3] The population of Koindu is estimated at 16,751. Koindu lies approximately 63 miles from Kenema and about 230 miles east of Freetown.
Koindu Koindu, Kailahun District | |
|---|---|
  Location in Sierra Leone | |
| Coordinates: 8°27′43″N 10°20′18″W | |
| Country |  |
| Province | Eastern Province |
| District | Kailahun District |
| Chiefdom | Kissi Teng |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (GMT) |
The population of Koindu is largely from the Kissi ethnic group.[4]
Picture
Notable people
- Sahr Senesie, German football star
- Dr. Paul T. Yillia, research scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria
Notes
- Koindu (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- Hynes, Bridget. Children of the Borderlands: Young Soldiers in the Reproduction of Warfare. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Proquest. p. 179. dissertation at Conflict Resolution Institute, University of Denver.
- Trillo. Richard (2008). The Rough Guide to West Africa. London: Penguin. pp. 554–555. ISBN 978-1-4053-8070-6.
- Bah, M. Alpha (1998). Fulbe presence in Sierra Leone: a case history of twentieth-century migration and settlement among the Kissi of Koindu. New York: P. Lang. ISBN 978-0-8204-2180-3.
| District capital |  | |
|---|---|---|
| Chiefdoms | ||
| Towns | ||
gollark: It's irc.osmarks.**net**.
gollark: ?tag list
gollark: Citrous form, hi.
gollark: Well, we claim things and all others bow before us.
gollark: Ah, the nonaggression principle.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.