Moyamba
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| Coordinates | 8 ° 10 ′ N , 12 ° 26 ′ W | ||
 Southern Province
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| Country | Sierra Leone | ||
| Southern Province | |||
| District | Moyamba | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | SL-S | ||
| Chiefdom | Kaiyamba | ||
| Residents | 26,000 (2015) | ||
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| mayor | Herbert Borbor Kandeh | ||
Moyamba is a city in Sierra Leone . It is the capital of the Moyamba district and is located in the Southern Province in Kaiyamba - Chiefdom . The place is about 100 kilometers southeast of the capital Freetown and has about 26,000 inhabitants (for Chiefdom; as of 2015).
Economy and Infrastructure
Bauxite is mined in the Mokanji Hills near the city. The city is a transshipment and market place for ginger, kola nuts, palm oil and kernels, and rice.
The place has a small hospital, police station and administration building for the local government. The roads in the area are mostly in poor condition. Moyamba has no airfield that could make up for this situation.
sons and daughters of the town
- Siaka Stevens (1905–1988), President of Sierra Leone 1971–1985
- Bockari Kortu Stevens (* 1950), diplomat