Segbwema

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the settlement of the same name in the Southern Province of Sierra Leone, see Segbwema (Southern Province)

Segbwema
Segbwema
Coordinates	8 ° 0 ′  N , 10 ° 57 ′  W Coordinates: 8 ° 0 ′  N , 10 ° 57 ′  W
Basic data
Country	Sierra Leone
province	Eastern Province
District	Kailahun
Chiefdom	Njaluahun
Residents	8000 (2004)
Christian cap in Segbwema (1962)

Segbwema is a small town in the east of the African state of Sierra Leone . It is located in the Njaluahun - Chiefdom of the Kailahun District in the Eastern Province , about 32 kilometers northeast of the provincial capital Kenema . According to the 2004 census , the village has almost 8,000 inhabitants.

Nixon Memorial Hospital building (1962)

Segbwema is traditionally mainly inhabited by the Mende , but is ethnically diverse. With the Nixon Memorial Hospital , the village serves as the main medical supply point for the Chiefdom.

On December 28, 1992, a massacre on the Mende took place in Segbwema as part of the civil war in Sierra Leone . Three years later, up to 40 deaths per day were reported due to the siege of the village, as no care was possible for the trapped population.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ibrahim Mohamed Sesay, Andrew A. Karam, Jinnah J. Ngobeh: 2004 Population and Housing Census: Analytical Report on Population Distribution, Migration and Urbanization in Sierra Leone , Republic of Sierra Leone, November 2006.
2. ↑ Nixon Memorial Hospital, Segbwema. Christian Health Association Sierra Leone. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
3. ^ Chronology for Mende in Sierra Leone. refworld, 2004.