Bonthe
Sign in to saveBonthe is a coastal town located on Sherbro Island in Bonthe District in the southern Province of Sierra Leone. The town lies on the eastern shore of Sherbro Island, on the Sherbro River estuary. Bonthe is about 60 miles south-west of Bo and 187 miles south-east of Freetown.
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Place details
- Locality
- Bonthe
- Region
- Bonthe District
- Country
- Sierra Leone
- Population
- 10,206
- Timezone
- Africa/Freetown
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Bonthe
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Medina Street, Bonthe, Sierra Leone - panoramio.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Medina Street, Bonthe
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Sierra Leone
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Sierra Leone
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Sierra Leone
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Southern Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Bonthe District
- Settlement.government_type
- City council
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Layemin Joe Sandi (SLPP)
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2010
- Settlement.population_total
- 10,206 (estimated)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Sierra Leone
- Located in
- Bonthe District
- Elevation
- 5
- Capital of
- Sherbro Island
- Image
- Medina Street, Bonthe, Sierra Leone - panoramio.jpg
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Bonthe is a coastal town located on Sherbro Island in Bonthe District in the southern Province of Sierra Leone. The town lies on the eastern shore of Sherbro Island, on the Sherbro River estuary. Bonthe is about 60 miles south-west of Bo and 187 miles south-east of Freetown.
Bonthe is by far the smallest of Sierra Leone's six municipalities and is directly governed by a city council, headed by a mayor. The municipality of Bonthe had a population of 9,535 in the 2004 census, with a current estimate of 10,206.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bonthe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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