Port Loko District

Infobox City
official_name = Port Loko District
nickname = |
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_type1 = Capital
subdivision_type2 = Province
subdivision_name = Sierra Leone
subdivision_name1 = Port Loko
subdivision_name2 = Northern Province
leader_title = Paramount Chief
leader_name = Bai Lamin Sama
population_as_of = 2008
population_metro =
population_total = 477,978 [http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gpro&lng=en&des=wg&srt=npan&col=adhoq&msz=1500&geo=-6644] (Ranked 4rd)
timezone = Greenwich Mean Time
utc_offset = -5
website =

Port Loko District is a district in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. Its capital and largest city is Port Loko. Other major towns in the district are Lunsar and the coastal cities of Lungi and Pepel. Port Loko District is the most populous district in the Northern Province with a population estimated at 477,978 [http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gpro&lng=en&des=wg&srt=npan&col=adhoq&msz=1500&geo=-6644] and is the fourth most populous district in Sierra Leone, after the Western Area Urban District, Bo District and Kenema District.

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.

Demograpics

The population of Port Loko District is ethnically diverse, although Temne make up the largest ethnic group. The district is home to the largest Fulacommunity in Sierra Leone, outside of the Western Area.

Economy

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

port

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)

Towns in Port Loko District

Major towns

*Port Loko, capital and largest city
*Lungi, second largest city and home to the Lungi International Airport, Sierra Leone's main airport
*Lunsar, third largest city
*Pepel, a major coastal town and the fourth largest town in the district

mall towns

*Bamundu
*Gbinti
*Kasseh, the birthplace of Bai Bureh, Sierra Leone's greatest war hero
*Konaridie
*Mahera
*Marampa
*Masiyila
*Rokupr
*Semanu
*Sawkta
*Taiama
*The district is also home to dozens of villages

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 1971-1985
*Abass Bundu, Sierra Leonean Politician
*Ibrahim Kemoh Sesay, Former Sierra Leone's minister of Transportation and Aviation
*Amadu Wurie, Sierra Leonean Educationist and Politician

ources

*http://www.statehouse-sl.org/member-parliament.html
*http://www.daco-sl.org/encyclopedia/7_lib/7_2j_pl.htm
*http://www.statehouse-sl.org/member-parliament.html