Bo, Sierra Leone
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| Coordinates: 7°57′23″N 11°44′24″W / 7.95639°N 11.74000°WCoordinates: 7°57′23″N 11°44′24″W / 7.95639°N 11.74000°W | |
| Country |
 Sierra Leone
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| Province | Southern Province |
| District | Bo District |
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| • Type | City Council |
| • Mayor | Harold Logie Tucker (SLPP) |
| • Governing Body | Bo City Council |
| Population (2015) | |
| • City | 306,000 |
| • Urban | 173,905 |
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| Time zone | GMT (UTC-5) |
Bo, also commonly referred to as Bo Town, is the second largest city in Sierra Leone (after Freetown) and the largest city in the Southern Province. Bo is the capital and administrative center of Bo District. The city of Bo has an estimated population of 306,000. Bo is an urban center, and lies approximately 160 miles (250 km) east south-east of Freetown. After Freetown, Bo is the leading financial, educational, commercial and urban center of Sierra Leone.
The city of Bo is one of Sierra Leone's six municipalities and is locally governed by a directly elected city council, known as the Bo City Council, headed by a mayor. The Mayor and members of the Bo City Council are directly elected every fours years in a municipal election. The current mayor of Bo is Harold Logie Tucker of the Sierra Leone People's Party, who was elected mayor with 69.7% of the votes in the 2012 Bo Mayoral election.
The city is the primary home of Njala University, the second largest university in Sierra Leone, after the Fourah Bay College. Bo is also home to the Bo Government Secondary School, commonly known as Bo School, which is one of the biggest and most prominent secondary schools in West Africa. The school has a history of producing some of Sierra Leone's most gifted students. The city is home to the Bo Stadium, the second largest stadium in Sierra Leone, and is mostly used for football matches
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