Cambia

Cambia
Cambia
Coordinates	9 ° 7 ′  N , 12 ° 55 ′  W Coordinates: 9 ° 7 ′  N , 12 ° 55 ′  W
Kambia District
Basic data
Country	Sierra Leone
province	North West Province
District	Cambia
Chiefdom	Magbema
Residents	11,842 (2004)

Kambia is a city in Sierra Leone . It is the capital of the eponymous district of Kambia in Magbema -chiefdom in the province of North West .

The place is near the border with Guinea on the river Great Scarcies (also called Kolente).

City name

The name of the town comes from Pa Kambi , a local fisherman. He settled on the Kolente before the discovery of Sierra Leone by the Portuguese. Kambia, which means "the city of Pa Kambi", was named after him.

population

The population consists mainly of members of the Susu and Temne . In 1963 the village had 3700 inhabitants, then it grew to 5740 in 1974 and 7631 in 1985. At the last census in 2004, there were 11842 inhabitants in Kambia.

economy

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There is no big deal. The population lives from their own production. Kambia has a small airfield.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Village Names. The Sierra Leone Web, date unknown accessed July 11, 2014
2. ↑ 2004 Population and Housing Census: Analytical Report on Population Distribution, Migration and Urbanization in Sierra Leone. Republic of Sierra Leone, November 2006