Moyamba (District)
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Area (in km² ) Population Population density (per km² ) |
6892 319,148 46.3 |
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State Province Chiefdoms (number) Constituencies (number) Wards (number) |
Sierra Leone Southern 14 6 50 |
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| Website | www.moyamba.gov.sl | |||
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Political data
Administrative headquarters: Moyamba Administrative Chairman: Herbert Bob Kandeh Election: district chairmen, local councils |
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Geographical data
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Moyamba is a district of Sierra Leone with around 319,000 inhabitants (as of 2020). It belongs to the province of Southern and is located in the south-west of the country on the Atlantic coast. Its capital is Moyamba , other larger towns are Kpetewoma, Shenge , Largo and Rotifunk . The district is divided into 14 chiefdoms (chiefdoms).
Moyamba covers an area of 6,892 km². Plantain Island also belongs to the district .
The inhabitants of the Moyamba district mainly belong to the ethnic groups of the Mende , Bullom-Sherbro , Temne and Loko and are mostly Muslim. The economy consists of rutile and bauxite mining , fishing, rice cultivation and palm oil plantations. Sea salt is traditionally extracted in the chiefdoms on the coast. There is also trade via the sea with the state capital Freetown and with neighboring Guinea .
In 2006 the district had 56 health facilities, including two state hospitals, five mission clinics, an NGO and a private clinic. In 2004/2005 there were 426 primary and 17 secondary schools. The literacy rate in 2004 was 33% (45% of men and 24% of women) and thus below the national average. 46.6% of the children attended school.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ population. GoSL Integrated GIS Portal. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
- ↑ Statistics Sierra Leone: Final Results, 2004 Population and Housing Census ( Memento of February 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), 2006, p. 2f. (English, PDF)
- ↑ a b Statistics Sierra Leone: Annual Statistical Digest 2005/06 ( Memento of November 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), 2008, pp. 1, 22, 50, 52 (English, PDF)
- ↑ Sierra Leone Encyclopedia 2008: Moyamba District (Engl.)
- ↑ Albert CT Dupigny, Ibrahim Kargbo G., Alimamy Yallancy: Republic of Sierra Leone, 2004 Population and Housing Census. Analytical Report on Education and Literacy ( Memento of November 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), 2006, pp. 16, 22 (PDF)
Coordinates: 8 ° 10 ′ N , 12 ° 26 ′ W
