Bombali
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7985 422,960 52.9 |
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Sierra Leone Northern 13 9 |
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Political data
Administrative headquarters: Makeni Administrative Chairman: Election: district chairmen, local councils |
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Geographical data
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Bombali is a district of Sierra Leone with around 423.00 inhabitants (as of 2020). It is located in the Northern province in the north of the country, on the border with Guinea . Its capital is Makeni , other cities are Kamakwie and Masingbi . Bombali covers an area of 7,985 km² and is divided into 13 chiefdoms (chiefdoms).
The inhabitants of the Bombali district mainly belong to the Temne and Limba ethnic groups and the majority are Muslim. The economy consists of small-scale mining, growing staple foods, and raising small livestock.
The literacy rate in 2004 for the city of Makeni was 59% (71% for men, 48% for women) and for the rest of the district 29% (men 40%, women 18%) and thus below the national average. 64.6% of the children in Makeni and 48.2% in the rest of the district attended school. In 2006, the district had 92 health facilities, including a state hospital, a military hospital, three mission hospitals, a community hospital, and three private clinics. Thus there was one such facility for every 4,439 inhabitants. In 2005, 1% of the population was HIV positive.
In 1963 there were 198,776 inhabitants, in 1974 there were 233,626 and in 1985 317,729. During the civil war in Sierra Leone , Bombali was a stronghold of the rebels of the Revolutionary United Front . The highest peaks in Bombali are the Kataba and the Gbengbe , each 782 meters above sea level.
Individual evidence
- ↑ population. GoSL Integrated GIS Portal. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
- ↑ a b Statistics Sierra Leone: Final Results, 2004 Population and Housing Census ( Memento of the original from February 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , 2006, pp. 2f., 7f. (English, PDF)
- ↑ a b Sierra Leone Encyclopedia 2006: Bombali District (Engl.)
- ↑ Albert CT Dupigny, Ibrahim Kargbo G., Alimamy Yallancy: Republic of Sierra Leone, 2004 Population and Housing Census. Analytical Report on Education and Literacy ( Memento of the original dated November 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , 2006, pp. 16, 22 (English, PDF)
- ↑ a b Statistics Sierra Leone: Annual Statistical Digest 2005/06 ( Memento of the original dated November 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , 2008, pp. 2, 22, 26, 42 (English, PDF)
Coordinates: 8 ° 53 ′ N , 12 ° 3 ′ W