Kenema District
| Kenema District | |
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 Location of Kenema District in Sierra Leone |
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| Coordinates: 7°50′N 11°10′W / 7.833°N 11.167°WCoordinates: 7°50′N 11°10′W / 7.833°N 11.167°W | |
| Country | Sierra Leone |
| Province | Eastern Province |
| Capital | Kenema |
| Largest city | Kenema |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Council |
| • Council Chairman | Senesi Mansaray (SLPP) |
| • Deputy Council Chairman | Mohamed Luseni Sheriff (SLPP)[1] |
| Population (2015 census) | |
| • Total | 609,873 |
| • Rank | 3rd |
| Time zone | Greenwich Mean Time (UTC0) |
Kenema District is a district in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. Its capital and largest city is Kenema, which is also the third largest city in Sierra Leone. The other major towns in the district include Tongo, Blama and Yomboma. The district is the most populous district in the Eastern province with a population 609,873. Kenema District has an area of 6,053 km2 (2,337 sq mi) and comprises sixteen chiefdoms.
The District of Kenema borders Bo District to the west, the Republic of Liberia to the south, Tonkolili District and Kono District to the north, Kailahun District to the southwest, and Pujehun District to the southeast.
Kenema District has four cities with a population of at least 40,000
Kenema District is governed with a district council form of government, which is headed by a District Council Chairman, who is the highest local government official in the district. The District Council Chairman is responsible for the general management of the district. The District Council Chairman is elected directly by the residents of Kenema District every four years. The current District Council Chairman of Kenema District Council is Senesi Manssary of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP), who easily won the 2012 District Chairperson election with 80.30%, defeating his main opponent Doris Saffa Nyangbe of the All People's Congress (APC) who took 15.49%.
Kenema District is a reliable political stronghold of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP), the main opposition party in Sierra Leone. The District overwhelmingly supports the SLPP by a large majority in Presidential, Parliamentary and local councils elections. The SLPP have won every Sierra leone presidential elections in the District by a large majority; including the 2012 Presidential election, when the SLPP presidential candidate Julius Maada Bio won 77.9% of the vote in the District, as he easily defeated the incumbent president Ernest Bai Koroma in the District who took only 18.7%.
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