Pujehun
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Pujehun is the capital of Pujehun District in the Southern Province. The current estimate of the population of Pujehun is 20,121 people.[citation needed]
Pujehun is a
History
Pujehun was named after the powerful Mende warrior Nyagua,[citation needed] who was residing at the nearby village of Panguma. When Nyagua and his men went to battle, they used the site of the present village as their resting place. At that time There was a lot of pepper growing in the town, which the Mende call "pujei." At any time they reached that area, they called it Pujehun. Pujehun was initially known as Gombu and later change to present day name possibly because of the pepper (pujei) growing history.[citation needed]
Ethnicity
The majority of the population in Pujehun are from the
References
- ^ "Pujehun". World Gazetteer. 2010. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
- ^ "Krio Translation Services". Language9.com. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
- ISBN 978-0-19-928675-1.