Pujehun District

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Pujehun District is an administrative district in the Southern Province of Sierra Leone, known for its predominantly Mende population and largely rural, agricultural communities.

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Pujehun District canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative district
district of Sierra Leone
administrativeDivisionOf Sierra Leone
border Atlantic Ocean
Bo District
Bonthe District
Kenema District
Liberia
borderFeature Mano River
capital Pujehun
characteristic largely rural
sparsely populated
country Sierra Leone
countrySubdivisionType district
dominantLanguage Mende language
elects Members of Parliament of Sierra Leone
governingBody Pujehun District Council
governmentType local government council
hasAgriculturalProduct cassava
cocoa
coffee
palm oil
rice
hasBorderCountry Liberia
hasClimate tropical climate
hasCoastline Atlantic Ocean
hasDemographicCharacteristic predominantly Mende population
hasEthnicMajority Mende people
hasISO3166-2Code SL-PU
hasLocalCouncil Pujehun District Council
hasMajorEthnicGroup Mende people
hasProvince Southern Province, Sierra Leone
hasRiver Mano River
Moa River
hasRuralCharacteristic smallholder agriculture
subsistence farming
hasSettlementType rural communities
hasTransportMode road transport
largestTown Pujehun
locatedIn Southern Province, Sierra Leone
locatedInTimeZone Greenwich Mean Time
mainReligion Islam
officialLanguage English
partOf Southern Province, Sierra Leone
primaryEconomicActivity agriculture
significantReligion Christianity
usesCurrency Sierra Leonean leone
utcOffset +0

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Mende region Pujehun District
Bo District borderedBy Pujehun District
Kenema District borderedBy Pujehun District
Moyamba District borders Pujehun District
Vai people demographicConcentration Pujehun District