Port Loko

Province

Port Loko is a city in Sierra Leone. It is the capital of the district of Port Loko, and is located in the Chiefdom Maforki in the Northern.

The village is located about 60 kilometers north-east of Freetown on Port Loko River.

Population

Port Loko lies in the settlement area of ​​the Temne. While the place in 1963 only counted 5809 inhabitants, there were already 1974 10500 and 1985 15248th result of the census in 2004 was a population of 21961st

Infrastructure and economy

The city has an airfield is on the railway line Magampa - Pepel, which is however only used for the transportation of goods. Nearby bauxite is mined. Agricultural main product is rice.