Pujehun District
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Pujehun District is a district in the Southern Province of Sierra Leone. Pujehun District is one of the sixteen Districts of Sierra Leone. Its capital and largest city is the town of Pujehun .[4][5] The other major towns in the district include Sahn Malen, Zimmi, Jendema, and Potoru. As of 2015, the district has a population of 345,577.[2]
The district of Pujehun borders the
The population of Pujehun District is mainly from the
History
In 1982 the Ndogboyosoi (bush devil) War was fought in the district.[6]
Geography
Pujehun District is located at the southeast corner of
Economy
Government
Pejehun District has six Representatives in the Sierra Leonean Parliament, of which five members were elected to a 5-year term. Below are Pejehun District Representatives in the Parliament:
- Paramount Chiefof Pujehun District
- Ansumana Jaia Kaikai (SLPP)
- Sidie Tunis (SLPP)
- Dixon Rogers (SLPP)
- Dauda Fahundu (SLPP)
- Senesie Fahundu (SLPP)
Administrative divisions
Chiefdoms
Pre-2017Prior to the 2017 local administrative reorganization, Pujehun District was made up of twelve chiefdoms as the third level of administrative subdivision.
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Post-2017After the 2017 local administrative reorganization, Pujehun District has made up of fourteen chiefdoms as the third level of administrative subdivision.
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Religion
References
- ^ For 50th Independence anniversary celebrations… Pujehun District establishes coordinating committee « Awoko Newspaper
- ^ a b "GeoHive - Sierra Leone population statistics". Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ Remmert-Fontes, Inge (2006), (Extract from) Evaluation Report "Peace building projects in Sierra Leone" (PDF), Freetown, Sierra Leone, p. 32
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Boland, Sarah (8 February 2011). "Sierra Leone: Buzz of excitement in the air in Pujehun". Save the Children. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
- ISBN 978-0-9556876-0-0.
- ^ a b "Pujehun". World Gazetteer. 2010. Retrieved 23 February 2011.[dead link]
- ISBN 978-92-5-103466-8.
- ^ "Population structure Report" (PDF). sierraleone.unfpa.org. Retrieved 12 September 2023.