Kenema
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| Coordinates | 7 ° 53 ′ N , 11 ° 11 ′ W | ||
 Map of Kenema District
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| Country | Sierra Leone | ||
| Eastern Province | |||
| District | Kenema (District) | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | SL-E | ||
| Chiefdom | Nongowa (Chiefdom) | ||
| height | 180 m | ||
| Residents | 200,443 (2015) | ||
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| mayor | Thomas Baio (2018) | ||
| Political party | SLPP | ||
Kenema is a city in Sierra Leone . It is also the capital of the Eastern Province and the Kenema District . With a population of around 200,000 (as of 2015) it is the second largest city in the country. The population of the Kenema district is about 610,000 (as of 2015).
The city is home to the Kenema State Hospital , among other things . Kenema is also the seat of the Kenema diocese .
geography
Kenema is about a six-hour drive southeast of the capital, Freetown . In the greater Kenema area, diamond fields were developed in 1931 , which are still exploited today and represent an important economic factor for the area and the entire country.
particularities
In 2018, a wild garbage dump in Kenema was closed and dismantled. The city administration has commissioned a company with waste disposal . At the collection point, rubbish is separated , plastic is melted and reused, metals are turned into pans and pots and dried green waste is turned into fuel.
sons and daughters of the town
- Mohamed Kallon (* 1979), football player
- Kei Kamara (* 1984), soccer player
gallery
Downtown Kenema
Street in Kenema
Fishery Market
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2015 Population and Housing Census SUMMARY OF FINAL RESULTS. Statistics Sierra Leone, December 2016.
- ↑ David Signer: The creative waste recycling from Kenema. Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, is literally drowning in trash. A small town in the interior shows that there is another way . NZZ, Zurich July 2, 2019