Bo (Sierra Leone)

Bo
	Bo
	Bo
Coordinates	7 ° 58 ′ N , 11 ° 44 ′ W Coordinates: 7 ° 58 ′ N , 11 ° 44 ′ W
Symbols
	coat of arms
	coat of arms
Basic data
Country	Sierra Leone
province	Southern
District	Bo
ISO 3166-2	SL
Chiefdom	Kakua
height	15 m
Residents	174,369 (2015)
politics
mayor	Harold Tucker (2018)
Political party	SLPP

Bo is a city in Sierra Leone . It has almost 175,000 inhabitants (as of 2015), making it the third largest city in the country. The majority of the inhabitants belong to the Mende ethnic group . Bo is the capital of the Southern Province and Bo District .

Bo is located in the Chiefdom Kakua in the Bo district of the same name in the Southern Province , between Freetown and Kenema . Bo has been the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bo since 2011 .

Look at Bo

City name

The name of the city goes back to a historical event. An elephant was killed near the city. The meat was later distributed to all the villagers in the area by the hunters. The words Bo-lor (in Mende ) were used and stand for "this is yours". The city council then named the place Bo. Nowadays, Bo-lor also stands for "this is Bo".

education

Njala University College has a campus in Bo in addition to the temporary main campus in Freetown (actually in the village of Njala). Similar to a German university of applied sciences , technical and practical subjects such as agriculture and technology are taught here.