Bombali District
Bombali is a district of Sierra Leone with about 408,000 inhabitants. It is located in the province of Northern in the north of the country, on the border with Guinea. Its capital city is Makeni, more cities are Kamakwie and Masingbi. Bombali covers an area of 7985 km ² and is located in 13 chiefdoms ( chiefdoms ) divided.
The inhabitants of the Bombali District mainly belong to the ethnic groups of the Temne and Limba, and mostly Muslims. The economy consists in mining on a small scale, the cultivation of basic food and small animal husbandry.
The literacy rate in 2004 was for the town of Makeni in 59% (71% for men, 48% for women) and for the rest of the district was 29 % (men 40 %, women 18%) which is below the national average. 64.6 % of children in Makeni and 48.2 % in the rest of the district attended school. , 2006, the district more than 92 health facilities, including a state hospital, a military hospital, three mission hospitals, a community hospital and three private clinics. Thus, there were 4,439 inhabitants such a facility. 2005 1 % of the population were HIV -positive.
In 1963, counted 198 776 inhabitants, in 1974 there were 233 626 and 1985 317 729. During the civil war in Sierra Leone Bombali was a stronghold of the rebels of the Revolutionary United Front. The highest elevations in Bombali are the Kataba and Gbengbe with each 782 meters above the sea.
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Eastern: Kailahun | Kenema | Kono Northern: Bombali | Kambia | Koinadugu | Port Loko | Tonkolili Southern: Bo | Bonthe | Moyamba | Pujehun Western Area (Freetown ): Western Area Rural | Western Area Urban
- District in Sierra Leone
- Northern ( Sierra Leone)