Port Loko District is a district in the North West Province of Sierra Leone. It is the most populous district in the North and the second most populous district in Sierra Leone, after Western Area Urban District. As of the 2015 census, Port Loko District has a population of 614,063. The district capital is the town of Port Loko and its largest city is Lunsar. The other major towns in the district include Masiaka, Rokupr, Pepel, Lungi and Gbinti.
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 and comprises eleven chiefdoms. The population of Port Loko District is predominantly Muslim and the Temne people form by far the largest ethnic group in the district.
Religion
Administrative divisions Chiefdoms
Pre-2017 Prior to the 2017 local administrative reorganization, Port Loko District was made up of eleven chiefdoms as the third level of administrative subdivision.
Bureh Kaseh – Mange Buya Romende – Foredugu Debia – Gbinti Kaffu Bullom – Mahera Loko Massama – Petifu Maforki – Port Loko Marampa – Lunsar Masimera – Masimera Koya – Songo Sanda Magbolontor – Sendugu T.M. Safroko – Miraykulay
Post-2017 After the 2017 local administrative reorganization, Port Loko District has made up of fourteen chiefdoms as the third level of administrative subdivision.
Bakeh Loko – ? Bureh – Mange Kaffu Bullom – Mahera Kamasondo – ? Kaseh – ? Koya – Songo Loko Massama – Petifu Maconteh – ? Maforki – ? Makama – Miraykulay Marampa – Lunsar Masimera – Masimera Tinkatopa – ? Port Loko City – Port Loko Notes
Major towns
Lunsar Port Loko Rokupr Masiaka Lungi Pepel Gbinti
Small towns and villages
Bamundu Gbinti Kasseh, the birthplace of Bai Bureh Konaridie Magbeni Mahera Marampa Masiyila Semanu Sawkta Taiama
Notable people from Port Loko District Alie Koblo Queen Kabia II, 44th Paramount Chief of Marampa Chiefdom. Bai Bureh, Sierra Leonean ruler who led the Temne uprising against the British in The 1898 Rebellion Bai Koblo Pathbana II , 43rd Paramount Chief of Marampa Chiefdom. 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 Abou Bai-Sheka, Sierra Leonean Professor
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