Port Loko District

Port Loko District
Country	Sierra Leone
Capital	Port Loko
largest city	Lunsar
Province	Northern Province
Government
• Type	District Council
• Council Chairman	Ahmed Munir Fofana (APC) [1]
Population (2010)
• Total	489,488 [2] (Rank 4th)
Time zone	Greenwich Mean Time (UTC-5)

Location of Port Loko District in Sierra Leone

Port Loko District is the most populous district in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone with a population of 489,488 [3] Its capital is Port Loko and the largest city is Lunsar. Other major towns in the district include Lungi, Masiaka, Rokupr, Gbinti and Pepel.

The district of Port Loko borders the Western Area to the west, Kambia District to the north, Bombali District to the east and Tonkolili District to the south. The district occupies a total area of 5,719 km² and comprises ten chiefdoms.

Major towns

• Lunsar
• Port Loko
• Rokupr
• Masiaka
• Lungi
• Pepel
• Gbinti

Government

Port Loko District is governed with a district council form of government, which is headed by a District Council Chairman, who is the highest local government official in the district. The District Council Chairman is responsible for the general management of the district. The District Council Chairman is elected directly by the residents of Port Loko District. The current District Council Chairman of Port Loko District Council is Ahmed Munir Fofana of the All People's Congress (APC), following his victory in the 2008 Sierra Leone Local Elections.

Demographics

The Temne make up by far the largest ethnic group in the district. The predominant religion in Port Loko District is Islam which is practised by around 80% of the population, with Christianity practised by about 20%.

Economy

The district's main economic activities include scale mining and production of food crops(rice, cassava, and sweet potato).

Sport

Bai Bureh Warriors, one of the oldest soccer clubs in Sierra Leone is based in Port Loko. The club won the Sierra Leonean FA Cup in 1978, and 1979.

Government

Port Loko District currently has six representatives in the Sierra Leonean Parliament, of which five members were elected for a 5-year term. Below is the list of Port Loko District representatives in the Parliament:

• Lamin Bai Sama, Paramount Chief of Port Loko District
• Alhaji Alpha Kanu (APC)
• Ibrahim Kemoh Sesay (APC)
• A.B wurrie (SLPP)
• Alfrd Smart Kumbu (APC)
• Alhaji Buya Kamara (APC)

Small towns

• Bamundu
• Gbinti
• Kasseh, the birthplace of Bai Bureh, Sierra Leone's greatest war hero
• Konaridie
• Mahera
• Marampa
• Masiyila
• Rokupr
• Semanu
• Sawkta
• Taiama

Notable people from Port Loko District

• Bai Bureh, Sierra Leonean ruler who led the Temne uprising against the British in The 1898 Rebellion
• Sorie Ibrahim Koroma, Vice President of Sierra Leone from 1971 to 1985
• Abass Bundu, Sierra Leonean Politician
• Ibrahim Kemoh Sesay, Former Sierra Leone's minister of Transportation and Aviation
• Amadu Wurie, Sierra Leonean Educationist and Politician

Sources

• "Members of Parliament".State House Online.Office of the Sierra Leone President.Web
• http://www.daco-sl.org/encyclopedia/7_lib/7_2j_pl.htm