Port Loko District

Place in North West, Sierra Leone

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Location of Port Loko District in Sierra Leone

Coordinates: 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.

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]
Religion			Percent(%)
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.

Bureh Kaseh – Mange
Buya Romende – Foredugu
Debia – Gbinti
Kaffu Bullom – Mahera
Loko Massama – Petifu
Maforki – Port Loko
Marampa – Lunsar
Masimera – Masimera
Koya – Songo
Sanda Magbolontor – Sendugu
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.

Bakeh Loko^[a] – ?
Bureh^[b] – Mange
Kaffu Bullom – Mahera
Kamasondo^[c] – ?
Kaseh^[b] – ?
Koya – Songo
Loko Massama – Petifu
Maconteh^[b] – ?
Maforki – ?
Makama^[d] – Miraykulay
Marampa – Lunsar
Masimera – Masimera
Tinkatopa^[d] – ?
Port Loko City^[a] – Port Loko

Notes

^ ^a ^b Formerly part of Maforki Chiefdom.
^ ^a ^b ^c Formerly part of Bureh Kaseh Chiefdom; split off.
^ Formerly part of Loko Massama Chiefdom.
^ ^a ^b Formerly part of T.M. Safroko Chiefdom; split off.

Major towns

Small towns and villages

Bamundu
Gbinti
Kasseh, the birthplace of Bai Bureh
Konaridie
Magbeni
Mahera
Marampa
Masiyila
Semanu
Sawkta
Taiama

Notable people from Port Loko District

Alie Koblo Queen Kabia II, 44th Paramount Chief of Marampa Chiefdom.^[5]
Bai Bureh, Sierra Leonean ruler who led the Temne uprising against the British in The 1898 Rebellion
Bai Koblo Pathbana II CBE, 43rd Paramount Chief of Marampa Chiefdom.
Sorie Ibrahim Koroma, Vice President of Sierra Leone from 1971 to 1985
Abass Bundu, Sierra Leonean Politician
Ibrahim Kemoh Sesay, Former Sierra Leone's minister of Transportation and Aviation
Amadu Wurie, Sierra Leonean Educationist and Politician
Abou Bai-Sheka, Sierra Leonean Professor

Notes

^ https://electiondata.io/elected-officials/chairperson
^ ^a ^b Pratt, Regina (1 April 2016). "Sierra Leone: 'Sierra Leone Population Is Now Over Seven Million'". Retrieved 10 October 2016 – via AllAfrica.
^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
^ "Population structure Report" (PDF).
^ "The Chiefdoms of Sierra Leone - Harvard University - PDF Free Download". propertibazar.com. Archived from the original on 2018-07-14. Retrieved 2018-07-14.