Eastern Province
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Key facts
- Country
- Sierra Leone
- Capital
- Kenema
- Total
- 15,736 km (6,076 sq mi)
- Density
- 123.51/km (319.90/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC0 ( Greenwich Mean Time )
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- Instance of
- province of Sierra Leone
- Country
- Sierra Leone
- Located in
- Sierra Leone
- Capital
- Kenema
- Population
- 1943610
- Area
- 15553.0
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Encyclopedic overview
The Eastern Province (Krio: Istan Prɔvins) is one of the four provinces of Sierra Leone. It covers an area of 15,736 km and has a population of 1,943,610 (2021 census). Its capital and administrative centre is Kenema. Eastern Province, the centre of the country's diamond mining industry, is very mountainous and has two ranges, the Gola Hills and the Loma Mountains.
Economy
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