Kissi Teng
Kissi Teng is one of 14 chiefdoms in the district of Kailahun in the province of Eastern in the West African state of Sierra Leone . The capital of the Chiefdom is Kangama , the largest city is Koindu . Chiefdoms are chiefdoms and have their origins in British colonial times.
Kissi Teng has a population of 30,455 (as of 2004), of which 14,711 are male and 15,744 are female. A large part of the population belongs to the West African Kissi people .
In addition to the mining of diamonds , agriculture (including cocoa, coffee and rice) plays an important role, which is the livelihood of most of the population. There is also fishing in the Mano River . Both are not infrequently practiced as a subsistence economy .
In the 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak Kissi Teng was severely affected. Several treatment centers have been set up in the Chiefdom to combat the epidemic. In addition, around 200 local helpers were trained. AIDS is another major health problem facing the Chiefdom.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sierra Leone 2004 Census, p. 6, accessed on November 1, 2014.
- ^ M. Alpha Bah: Fulbe presence in Sierra Leone: a case history of twentieth-century migration and settlement among the Kissi of Koindu . P. Lang, New York 1998, ISBN 978-0-8204-2180-3 . (engl.)
- ↑ Ebola in West Africa: Epicenter shifts to Sierra-Leone Doctors Without Borders, July 24, 2014 , accessed on October 26, 2014
- ↑ Ebola is spreading in West Africa - MSF sends further teams, June 4, 2014 , accessed on October 26, 2014
- ↑ Awareness Times Newspaper: Sierra Leone News: Ebola kills 80 in Koindu, August 1, 2014 ( Memento of the original from October 26, 2014 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. , accessed October 26, 2014
