Koidu
Sign in to saveKoidu Town (or Sefadu; officially known as Koidu City) is the capital and largest city of the Kono District in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. Its population is 128,030 based on the 2015 census. It is the fifth largest city in Sierra Leone by population, after Freetown, Kenema, Bo and Makeni. It lies approximately 280 miles east of Freetown, and about 60 miles north of Kenema.
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Koidu Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- KoiduStreet.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Main street in Koidu in the 1980s
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Sierra Leone
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Eastern Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kono District
- Settlement.government_type
- City Council
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Sierra Leone
- Located in
- Kono District
- Image
- KoiduStreet.jpg
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Article
12 sectionsContents
- History
- 2007 and 2012 protests
- Government
- Ethnicity
- Health
- Culture
- Media
- Sport
- Education
- Secondary Schools in Koidu Town
- Notable people from Koidu town
- References
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