Koindu[2] is a town in Kailahun District in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. Koindu should not be confused with Koidu, which is a major diamond mining town in Kono District[3] and market center.[4] The population of Koindu is estimated at 16,751. Koindu lies approximately 63 miles from Kenema and about 230 miles east of Freetown.
Koindu
Koindu, Kailahun District | |
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  Location in Sierra Leone | |
| Coordinates: 8°27′43″N 10°20′18″W / 8.46194°N 10.33833°W | |
| Country |  Sierra Leone |
| Province | Eastern Province |
| District | Kailahun District |
| Chiefdom | Kissi Teng |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (GMT) |
The population of Koindu is largely from the Kissi ethnic group.[5]
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Notable people
edit- Sahr Senesie, German football star
- Dr. Paul T. Yillia, research scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria
Notes
edit- ^ "World Gazetteer: Koindu - profile of geographical entity including na…". Archived from the original on 12 April 2013.
- ^ Koindu (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ^ Hynes, Bridget. Children of the Borderlands: Young Soldiers in the Reproduction of Warfare. Ann Arbor, Michigan. p. 179. dissertation at Conflict Resolution Institute, University of Denver.
- ^ Trillo. Richard (2008). The Rough Guide to West Africa. London: Penguin. pp. 554–555. ISBN 978-1-4053-8070-6.
- ^ Bah, M. Alpha (1998). Fulbe presence in Sierra Leone: a case history of twentieth-century migration and settlement among the Kissi of Koindu. New York: P. Lang. ISBN 978-0-8204-2180-3.
