Kailahun

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Kailahun
Kailahun
Coordinates	8 ° 17 ′  N , 10 ° 34 ′  W Coordinates: 8 ° 17 ′  N , 10 ° 34 ′  W
Kailahun District
Basic data
Country	Sierra Leone
province	Eastern Province
District	Kailahun
Chiefdom	Luawa
Residents	13,108 (2004)
politics
mayor	Maada Alpha Ndoleh (2013)
Political party	SLPP
Government Hospital in Kailahun

Kailahun is a city in eastern Sierra Leone near the border with Guinea and Liberia . It is the capital of the Kailahun District and is located in the Chiefdom Luawa in the Eastern Province . The city is 293 kilometers northeast of Freetown .

population

The population consists of the Kissi and immigrant Mende . The population censuses identified 5419 in 1963, 7184 in 1974 and 9054 in 1985. The last census in 2004 counted 13,108 inhabitants.

economy

Kailahun is a regional center and therefore a market and trading center for cattle, cocoa and coffee.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2004 Population and Housing Census: Analytical Report on Population Distribution, Migration and Urbanization in Sierra Leone. Republic of Sierra Leone, November 2006