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Coordinates: 8°27′43″N 10°20′18″W / 8.46194°N 10.33833°W / 8.46194; -10.33833
  
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Koindu
Koindu, Kailahun District
Koindu is located in Sierra Leone
Koindu

Location in Sierra Leone

Coordinates: 8°27′43″N 10°20′18″W / 8.46194°N 10.33833°W / 8.46194; -10.33833
Country Sierra Leone
ProvinceEastern Province
DistrictKailahun District
ChiefdomKissi Teng
Time zoneUTC-5 (GMT)

Koindu[2] is a town in Kailahun District in the Eastern ProvinceofSierra Leone. Koindu should not be confused with Koidu, which is a major diamond mining town in Kono District[3] and market center.[4] The population of Koindu is estimated at 16,751. Koindu lies approximately 63 miles from Kenema and about 230 miles east of Freetown.

The population of Koindu is largely from the Kissi ethnic group.[5]

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Students celebrate with traditional dancing in Koindu, Kailahun District, Sierra Leone The remains of a school in Koindu damaged during the Sierra Leone Civil War by RUF rebel forces

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  1. ^ "World Gazetteer: Koindu - profile of geographical entity including na…". Archived from the original on 12 April 2013.
  • ^ Koindu (Approved)atGEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  • ^ Hynes, Bridget. Children of the Borderlands: Young Soldiers in the Reproduction of Warfare. Ann Arbor, Michigan. p. 179. dissertation at Conflict Resolution Institute, University of Denver.
  • ^ Trillo. Richard (2008). The Rough Guide to West Africa. London: Penguin. pp. 554–555. ISBN 978-1-4053-8070-6.
  • ^ Bah, M. Alpha (1998). Fulbe presence in Sierra Leone: a case history of twentieth-century migration and settlement among the Kissi of Koindu. New York: P. Lang. ISBN 978-0-8204-2180-3.


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