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Southern Province, Sierra Leone

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Country
  
Sierra Leone

Area
  
19,694 km²

Capital
  
Bo

Local time
  
Tuesday 11:41 AM

Southern Province, Sierra Leone

Time zone
  
Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)

Weather
  
32°C, Wind W at 6 km/h, 64% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Tiwai Island, Kangari Hills Forest Reserve, Gola Forest Reserve

Colleges and Universities
  
Njala University, Bo Teacher's College

The Southern Province is one of three provinces of Sierra Leone. It covers an area of 19,694 km² and has a population of 1,438,572 (2015 census). It consists of four districts (Bo, Bonthe, Moyamba, and Pujehun). Its capital and administrative center is Bo, which is also the second largest and second most populated city in Sierra Leone after the nation's capital Freetown. The population of the southern province is largely from the Mende ethnic group.

Contents

Map of Southern Province, Republic of Sierra Leone

Districts

The province is divided into 4 districts.

  • Bo District, capital Bo
  • Bonthe District, capital Mattru Jong
  • Moyamba District, capital Moyamba
  • Pujehun District, capital Pujehun
  • Borders

    Southern Province has the following borders:

  • Western Area: far northwest
  • Northern Province: north
  • Eastern Province: east
  • Grand Cape Mount County, Liberia: southeast
  • To the south and west of Southern Province is the Atlantic Ocean.

    Ecology

    Sierra Leone's last remaining stand of rainforest is at Gola.

    References

    Southern Province, Sierra Leone Wikipedia