Tonkolili District

Tonkolili is a district of Sierra Leone with about 347,000 inhabitants. It belongs to the province of Northern and is located in the center of the country. Its capital is Magburaka, another town is Mile Ninetyone. The district is divided into 11 chiefdoms ( chiefdoms ).

Tonkolili covers an area of ​​7003 km ². The highest elevations are Kunsulma (550 m), Kasebere (536 m) and Kati Kant (410 m)

The people of Tonkolili District mainly belong to the ethnic groups of the Temne and Limba, and mostly Muslims.

The economy in Tonkolili is in gold mining and agriculture. There are in Tonkolili iron ore deposits in Ferengbeia, gold and diamonds in different locations, which are mined, among other things by the mining company African Minerals. The Bumbuna Hydroelectric Project on the river Rokel ( Seli ) will bring further development. In addition, Tonkolili is the Mamunta National Park.

The district decreed in 2006 over 95 health facilities, including a state hospital, a mission hospital, two missionary and an NGO clinic. 2005 0.5 % of the residents were HIV -positive. The literacy rate in 2004 was 30% ( 41 % of men and 21% of women ), which is below the national average. 42.8 % of the children attended school.

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