Back Усходняя правінцыя (Сьера-Леонэ) Byelorussian Източна провинция (Сиера Леоне) Bulgarian Província Oriental (Sierra Leone) Catalan Eastern Province (lalawigan sa Syeralyone) CEB Eastern Province (Sierra Leone) German Ανατολική Περιφέρεια, Σιέρρα Λεόνε Greek Provincia del Este (Sierra Leona) Spanish استان شرقی، سیرالئون Persian Itäinen maakunta (Sierra Leone) Finnish Province de l'Est (Sierra Leone) French
Eastern Province | |
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| Country | Sierra Leone |
| Capital | Kenema |
| Area | |
| • Total | 15,553 km2 (6,005 sq mi) |
| Population (2015 census) | |
| • Total | 1,641,012 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (270/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC0 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
The Eastern Province is one of the four provinces of Sierra Leone. It covers an area of 15,553 km2 and has a population of 1,641,012 (2015 census).[1] Its capital and administrative centre is Kenema.[2] Eastern Province, the centre of the country's diamond mining industry, is very mountainous and has two ranges, the Gola Hills and the Loma Mountains.
- ^ Bah, Saidu (1 April 2016). "Sierra Leone News: We are 7,075641 people – Census". Awoko. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ University of Michigan (2008). "The Place is So Backward": Durable Morality and Creative Development in Northern Sierra Leone. p. 43. ISBN 9780549511755. Archived from the original on 2016-11-08. Retrieved 2016-11-07.