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Koidu Town | |
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 Main street in Koidu in the 1980s | |
  Koidu Town | |
| Coordinates: 8°38′38″N 10°58′18″W / 8.6439°N 10.9717°W | |
| Country |  Sierra Leone |
| Province | Eastern Province |
| District | Kono District |
| Government | |
| • Type | City Council |
| • Mayor | Komba Sam(C4C)[2] |
| • Governing Body | Koidu–New Sembehun City Council |
| Population (2015 census) | |
| • Total | 128,030 [1] |
| Time zone | UTC±0 (GMT) |
Koidu Town (or Sefadu; officially known as Koidu City) is the capital and largest city of the Kono District in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. Its population is 128,030 based on the 2015 census.[1] It is the fifth largest city in Sierra Leone by population, after Freetown, Kenema, Bo and Makeni. It lies approximately 280 miles east of Freetown, and about 60 miles north of Kenema.[citation needed]
Koidu Town is a major urban, business, commercial and diamond trade center. Two of the world's ten largest and most famous rough diamonds were found in the Woyie River that flows through Koidu Town.[3]
The mayor of Koidu City and members of the Koidu-New Sembehun city council are directly elected every four years. The current mayor of Koidu Town is Komba Sam of the Coalition 4 Change political party.[2] Koidu is not a stronghold of any political party; the city is home to large support of both the Sierra Leone People's Party and the All People's Congress.
Koidu is one of the most ethnically and religiously diverse cities in Sierra Leone. The city is inhabited by many ethnic groups, with no ethnic group forming a majority. The Krio language is by far the most widely spoken language in Koidu Town and is the primary language of communication in the city.[not verified in body] Sierra Leone's vice president Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh, Sierra Leone's First Lady Fatima Bio and Sierra Leone's former vice president Samuel Sam-Sumana were born and raised in the city.
- ^ a b Lutakome Mukulu, Andrew; Kondeh, Mahawa (October 2017). "Sierra Leone 2015 Population and Housing Census National Analytical Report" (PDF). Statistics Sierra Leone. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Elected Mayors | Sierra Leone 2018 Election | Sierra Leone Open Elections Data Platform". 2018-08-01. Archived from the original on 2018-08-01.
- ^ Koidu Holdings. "Diamonds of Sierra Leone". Archived from the original on 2017-03-02. Retrieved 2016-08-22.