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Gbendembu

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Country
  
Sierra Leone

Chiefdom
  
Gbendembu Ngowahun

Province
  
Northern Province

District
  
Bombali District

Time zone
  
GMT (UTC+0)

Gbendembu

Gbendembu is the chiefdom seat town in the Gbendembu Ngowahun Chiefdom (an amalgamated Chiefdom), in the Bombali District, Northern Province of Sierra Leone. It is located about 30 miles north west of Makeni, Sierra Leone's Northern provincial city. Gbendembu is a multicultural settlement with significant number of Loko, Temne, Fula and Mandingo. The natives of Gbendembu are the Loko community, the fifth largest ethnic group in Sierra Leone, who are believed to have originated from Liberia.

Map of Gbendembu, Republic of Sierra Leone

References

Gbendembu Wikipedia