Kambia District
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| Kambia District | |
| Country | Sierra Leone |
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| Capital | Kambia |
| Province | Northern Province |
| Government | |
| - Paramount Chief | Bai Kelfa Sankoh |
| Population (2004) | |
| - Total | 270,460 |
| Time zone | Greenwich Mean Time (UTC-5) |
Kambia District is a district in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. Its capital and administrative center is Kambia. Kambia District borders the Republic of Guinea to the north, Port Loko District to the south and Bombali District to the east. The district occupies a total area of 3,108 km² and comprises seven chiefdoms.
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[edit] Demographics of Kambia District
The estimated 2004 population were 270,460 people. The population of Kambia District is predominated by the the Temne, Susu and Kuranko ethnic groups.
[edit] History
The Kambia District was formed in 1928 as a split of the now-defunct Karene District and Port Loko District. Population in the district has increased steadily over the past 42 years: from 137,806 in 1963, to 155,341 in 1974 to 186,231 in 1985 to the 2004 population of 270,460.
[edit] International Health Operations in the district
Kambia District is home to several international health operations, including the International Medical Corps who arrived in 2001, Kambia Hospital, a United Kingdom-based non-profit organization that has operated in Kambia since 1992 and Doctors without Borders, a France-based medical non-profit agency that operates across the world in poverty-stricken areas.
[edit] Government
The District has 9 representatives in the Sierra Leonean parlimanent, of which 8 were elected for a 5 year term beginning in May 2002 (the Paramount Chief is unelected and unpartisan). 5 were elected as part of the Sierra Leone People's Party while 3 were elected as part of the All People's Congress. The following is a list of the 9 Representatives and their affiliations:
- Bai Kelfa Sankoh - Paramount Chief of Kambia district
- Marray Conteh (SLPP)
- Samba Amara Conteh (SLPP)
- Alusine Fofanah (SLPP)
- Isattu Kamara (SLPP)
- Ibrahim Sesay (SLPP)
- Ibrahim Sorie (APC)
- Jengo Stevens (APC)
- Dauda Sulaiman Kamara (APC)
[edit] External links
- International Medical Corps- Sierra Leone
- Doctors without Borders - Sierra Leone
- Kambia Hospital homepage
- List of Members of Parliament on 4 October 2006
- Districts of Sierra Leone statistics (Provisional data for 2004 census.)
- Sierra Leone Encyclopedia (Final 2004 census data.)
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