Koindu

Koindu

Koindu, Kailahun District
Koindu Koindu, Kailahun District
	Location in Sierra Leone
	Coordinates: 8°27′43″N 10°20′18″W / 8.46194°N 10.33833°W
Country	Sierra Leone
Province	Eastern Province
District	Kailahun District
Chiefdom	Kissi Teng
Time zone	UTC-5 (GMT)

Koindu^[2] is a town in Kailahun District in the Eastern Province of Sierra 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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Notable people

Sahr Senesie, German football star
Dr. Paul T. Yillia, research scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria

Notes

^ "World Gazetteer: Koindu - profile of geographical entity including na…". Archived from the original on 12 April 2013.
^ Koindu (Approved) at GEOnet 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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[1] "World Gazetteer: Koindu - profile of geographical entity including na…". Archived from the original on 12 April 2013.

[2] Koindu (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

[3] 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.

[4] Trillo. Richard (2008). The Rough Guide to West Africa. London: Penguin. pp. 554–555. ISBN 978-1-4053-8070-6.

[5] 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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v t e Chiefdoms and towns of Kailahun District
District capital	Kailahun
Chiefdoms	Dea Jaluahun Jawei Kissi Kama Kissi Teng Kissi Tongi Luawa Malema Mandu Peje Bongre Peje West Penguia Upper Bambara Yawei
Towns	Baiwala Bandajuma Buedu Bunumbu Daru Dea Jojoima Kangama Koindu Manowa Maboi Nyandehun-Mendegelema Pendembu Sandar Segbwema Tomboru