Bo District

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Bo District is an administrative district in southern Sierra Leone, historically associated with the Mende people and centered around the city of Bo.

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Bo District canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative district
district of Sierra Leone
administrativeDivisionOf Sierra Leone
borderedBy Bonthe District
Kenema District
Moyamba District
Pujehun District
Tonkolili District
capital Bo
climate tropical monsoon climate
commonlySpokenLanguage Krio
Mende language
country Sierra Leone
countrySubdivision Sierra Leone
demographicGroup Krio people
Mende people
Temne people
governmentType district council
hasAdministrativeCenter Bo
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
mining
small-scale trading
hasEducationalInstitution Njala University (Bo campus)
hasFeature Bo–Kenema Highway
hasHealthFacility Bo Government Hospital
hasJudicialJurisdiction local courts of Bo District
hasLocalGovernmentBody Bo District Council
hasRuralArea chiefdoms of Bo District
hasSettlement Bagbo
Baoma
Bo
Jaiama
Tikonko
hasTransportInfrastructure Bo Airport
major road network linking Bo to Freetown
hasUrbanCenter Bo
historicallyAssociatedWith Mende people
historicalSignificance center of Mende political and cultural life in southern Sierra Leone
largestCity Bo
locatedIn Southern Province, Sierra Leone
locatedOnContinent Africa
majorEthnicGroup Mende people
officialLanguage English
partOf Southern Province, Sierra Leone
region southern Sierra Leone
religion Christianity
Islam
timeZone Greenwich Mean Time
usesCurrency Sierra Leonean leone
utcOffset +0

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Mende region Bo District
Kenema District borderedBy Bo District
Hinga Norman regionOfActivity Bo District
Pujehun District border Bo District
Moyamba District borders Bo District