Western Area Rural District
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HDI (2017) | 0.475[2] low · 2nd |
The Western Area Rural District is one of the sixteen
The Western Area Rural District is bordered by the country's capital Freetown to the east and west; Port Loko District to the north; and the Atlantic Ocean to the south and east.
In October 2009, the Sierra Leone government officially moved the Rural District capital from Freetown to the city of Waterloo, after the completion of the newly built government complex for the rural district council. This provides more regional focus.[3]
The Western Area Rural District is one of the most ethnically diverse districts in Sierra Leone. No single ethnic group form more than 25% of the population in the district. The district has a significant population of the
Like the other fifteen districts of Sierra Leone, the Western Area Rural District has its own
The Western Area Rural District is traditionally a swing district, with about equal support for both of the two main political parties in Sierra Leone, the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) and the All People's Congress (APC). However, in recent elections from 2007 to the most recent election in 2018, the Western Area Rural District voted by majority for the All People's Congress in presidential, parliamentary and local elections. In the 2018 Sierra Leone Presidential election, Samura Kamara of the APC won 59% of the votes in Western Area Rural District, while Julius Maada Bio of the SLPP received 40% of the votes in the Western Area Rural District.
Administrative divisions
Chiefdoms
After the 2017 local administrative reorganization, Western Area Rural District has made up of four chiefdoms as the third level of administrative subdivision.
Largest cities and towns
Small towns and villages
Religion
References
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- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
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- ^ "Sierra Leone Election Results Map - Live Election Results for Presidential, Parliamentary, Mayor, Chairperson, and Councillor elections - Open Elections Data Platform".
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