Koindu
Koindu
Koindu, Kailahun District | |
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  Location in Sierra Leone | |
| Coordinates:8°27′43″N10°20′18″W/ 8.46194°N 10.33833°W | |
| Country |  Sierra Leone |
| Province | Eastern Province |
| District | Kailahun District |
| Chiefdom | Kissi Teng |
| Time zone | UTC-5(GMT) |
Koindu[2]is a town inKailahun Districtin theEastern ProvinceofSierra Leone.Koindu should not be confused with Koidu, which is a major diamond mining town in Kono District[3]and market center.[4]The population of Koindu is estimated at 16,751. Koindu lies approximately 63 miles fromKenemaand about 230 miles east of Freetown.
The population of Koindu is largely from theKissiethnic group.[5]
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Notable people
[edit]- Sahr Senesie,German football star
- Dr. Paul T. Yillia,research scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria
Notes
[edit]- ^"World Gazetteer: Koindu - profile of geographical entity including na…".Archived fromthe originalon 12 April 2013.
- ^Koindu (Approved)atGEOnet Names Server,United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ^Hynes, Bridget.Children of the Borderlands: Young Soldiers in the Reproduction of Warfare.Ann Arbor, Michigan. p.179.dissertation at Conflict Resolution Institute, University of Denver.
- ^Trillo. Richard (2008).The Rough Guide to West Africa.London: Penguin. pp.554–555.ISBN978-1-4053-8070-6.
- ^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.ISBN978-0-8204-2180-3.
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