Yengema is the second largest city in Kono District in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone . Like most towns in the Eastern province of the country, the major industry in Yengema is diamondmining. The city population was 12,938 in the 1985 census, but it has been estimated at 27,000 now.[citation needed]. Yengema was the centre of heavy fighting between the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) and the Government forces during the Sierra Leone civil war due to the rich diamond reserves in the area. The Yengema Airport, which is the largest and main airport that serves the Kono District is located in the town. Image File history File links Red_pog2. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sierra_Leone. ... Sierra Leone is divided into four provinces - Eastern Province Northern Province Southern Province Western Area - including Freetown the capital Categories: Sierra Leone | Lists of subnational entities ... Eastern Province is one of the four provinces of Sierra Leone. ... Sierra Leone is divided into 12 districts, the secondary administative division of government (after provinces). ... Location of Kono District in Sierra Leone Kono District is a district in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. ... Timezone and TimeZone redirect here. ... -12 | -11 | -10 | -9:30 | -9 | -8 | -7 | -6 | -5 | -4 | -3:30 | -3 | -2:30 | -2 | -1 | -0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7... For other uses, see City (disambiguation). ... Location of Kono District in Sierra Leone Kono District is a district in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. ... The East Province (French Province de lEst) occupies the southeastern portion of the Republic of Cameroon. ... This article is about the mineral. ... This article is about mineral extractions. ... The Revolutionary United Front (RUF) was a rebel army that fought a failed ten-year insurrection in Sierra Leone, starting in 1991 and ending in 2002. ... Combatants Government of Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Army Kamajors / South African mercenaries Nigerian-led ECOMOG forces United Kingdom Revolutionary United Front Armed Forces Revolutionary Council West Side Boys Liberia Commanders Ahmad Tejan Kabbah Samuel Hinga Norman Valentine Strasser Solomon Musa David J. Richards Tony Blair Foday Sankoh Johnny Paul Koroma...
The population of Yengema consist mainly of the Kono and Mandingo ethnic groups. The Sierra Leonean-Lebanese form the third largest ethnic group in the town. The majority of the population in the town are muslim, Christians are present though, mainly among the Kono and the Sierra Leonean-Lebanese community. Yengema has schools, a hospital, and an airport.[1] The Kono are an ethnic group living in the Eastern province of Sierra Leone, particularly in the diamond-rich Kono District. ... The Mandinka (also known as Mandingo) are a Mande people of West Africa, all descend physically or culturally from the ancient Mali Empire. ... Sierra Leonean-Lebanese is an ethnic group in Sierra Leone; they are Sierra Leonean citizens who are descendant of Lebanese settlers from Lebanon who settled in Sierra Leone during the late nineteenth century. ... There is also a collection of Hadith called Sahih Muslim A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Persian: Mosalman or Mosalmon Urdu: مسلمان, Turkish: Müslüman, Albanian: Mysliman, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of the religion of Islam. ... This article is about the religous people known as Christians. ...
is the 217th day of the year (218th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Feeds |
Contact