Place:Northern, Sierra Leone

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NameNorthern
Alt namesNorthernsource: Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-124
TypeProvince
Coordinates9.233°N 11.733°W
Located inSierra Leone
Contained Places
District
Bombali
Inhabited place
Batkanu
Bendugu
Bumbuna
Falaba
Kabala
Kamakwie
Kambia
Lungi
Lunsar
Mabonto
Magburaka
Makeni
Mange
Marampa
Pendembu
Pepel
Porto Loko
Yele
Yonibana
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The Northern Province (commonly referred to as Northern Sierra Leone or simply the North) is one of the five provincial divisions of Sierra Leone. It is located in the Northern geographic region of Sierra Leone. It comprises the following four Districts: Bombali, Falaba, Koinadugu and Tonkolili. The Northern Province covers an area of with a population of 2,502,865, based on the 2015 Sierra Leone national census [1]. Its administrative and economic center is Makeni. The North borders the Western Area to the West, the Republic of Guinea to the north-east, the Eastern Province and Southern Province to the south-east.

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