Chiefdoms of Sierra Leone

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The Chiefdoms of Sierra Leone are the third-level units of administration in Sierra Leone.

Chiefdoms of Sierra Leone.

History and organisation

The paramount chiefs and the ruling families in the chiefdoms were recognized and empowered by the British colonial administration when it organized the Protectorate of Sierra Leone in 1896.[1] Typically, chiefs have the power to "raise taxes, control the judicial system, and allocate land, the most important resource in rural areas."[2]

The hereditary paramount chiefs and their sub-chiefs were the sole local government in Sierra Leone until 2004, when the World Bank sponsored the creation of elected local councils. Local notables, known as the Tribal Authority, elect paramount chiefs for life from among the ruling families in each chieftaincy recognized by the British administration in 1896.[2]

Some chieftaincies have several ruling families, and the differences among them in terms of economic progress has been subject to study in 2013.[2] They found there was a positive relationship between the number of ruling families in a chieftaincy and educational, health and economic outcomes in terms of human capital.[3]

The districts of Sierra Leone are divided into 149 chiefdoms of chieftaincies, as listed below as of 2011.[1]

Eastern Province

Kailahun District

  1. Dea – Baiwala
  2. Jaluahun – Segbwema
  3. Jawei – Daru
  4. Kissi Kama – Dea
  5. Kissi Teng – Kangama
  6. Kissi Tongi – Buedu
  7. Luawa – Kailahun
  8. Malema – Jojoima
  9. Mandu – Mobai
  10. Peje Bongre – Manowa
  11. Peje West – Bunumbu
  12. Penguia – Sandar
  13. Upper Bambara – Pendembu
  14. Yawei – Bandajuma

Kenema District

  1. Dama – Giema
  2. Dodo – Dodo
  3. Gaura – Joru
  4. Gorama Mende – Tungie
  5. Kandu Leppiam – Gbado
  6. Koya – Baoma
  7. Langurama Ya – Baima
  8. Lower Bambara – Panguma
  9. Malegohun – Sembehun
  10. Niawa – Sundumei
  11. Nomo – Faama
  12. Nongowa – Kenema
  13. Simbaru – Boajibu
  14. Small Bo – Blama
  15. Tunkia – Gorahun
  16. Wando – Faala

Kono District

  1. Fiama – Njagbwema
  2. Gbane Kandor – Koardu
  3. Gbane – Ngandorhun
  4. Gbense – Yardu
  5. Gorama Kono – Kangama
  6. Kamara – Tombodu
  7. Lei – Siama
  8. Mafindor – Kamiendor
  9. Nimikoro – Njaiama
  10. Nimiyama – Sewafe
  11. Sandor – Kayima
  12. Soa – Kainkordu
  13. Tankoro – New Sembehun
  14. Toli – Kondewakor

Northern Province

Bombali District

  1. Biriwa – Kamabai
  2. Bombali Shebora – Makeni
  3. Gbanti Kamaranka – Kamaranka
  4. Gbendembu Ngowahun – Kalangba
  5. Libeisaygahun – Batkanu
  6. Magbaiamba Ndowahun – Hunduwa
  7. Makari Gbanti – Masongbon
  8. Paki Massabong – Mapaki
  9. Safroko Limba – Binkolo
  10. Sanda Loko – Kamalo
  11. Sanda Tenraren – Mateboi
  12. Sella Limba – Kamakwie
  13. Tambakha – Fintonia

Kambia District

  1. Briama – Kukuna
  2. Gbinle Dixing – Tawuya
  3. Magbema – Kambia
  4. Mambolo – Mambolo
  5. Masungbala – Kawula
  6. Samu – Kychum
  7. Tonko Limba – Madina

Koinadugu District

  1. Dembelia Sikunia – Sikunia
  2. Diang – Kondembaia
  3. Folasaba – Musaia
  4. Kasunko – Fadugu
  5. Mongo – Bendugu
  6. Neya – Krubola
  7. Nieni – Yiffin
  8. Sengbe – Yogomaia
  9. Sulima – Falaba
  10. Wara-Wara Bafodea – Bafodea
  11. Wara-Wara Yagala – Gbawuria

Port Loko District

  1. Bureh Kaseh – Mange
  2. Buya Romende – Foredugu
  3. Debia – Gbinti
  4. Kaffu Bullom – Mahera
  5. Loko Massama – Petifu
  6. Maforki – Port Loko
  7. Marampa – Lunsar
  8. Masimera – Masimera
  9. Koyo – Songo
  10. Sanda Magbolontor – Sendugu
  11. T.M. Safroko – Miraykulay

Tonkolili District

  1. Gbonkolenken – Yele
  2. Kafe Simiria – Mabonto
  3. Kalansongoia – Bumbuna
  4. Kholifa Mabang – Mabang
  5. Kholifa Rowalla – Magburaka
  6. Kunike – Masingbi
  7. Kunike Barina – Makali
  8. Malal Mara – Rochin
  9. Sambaia – Bendugu
  10. Tane – Matotoka
  11. Yoni – Yonibana

Southern Province

Bo District

  1. Badjia – Ngelehun
  2. Bagbo – Jimmi
  3. Bagbwe – Ngarlu
  4. Baoma – Baoma
  5. Bumpe–Gao – Bumpe
  6. Gbo – Gbo
  7. Jaiama Bongor – Telu
  8. Kakua – Kakua
  9. Komboya – Njala
  10. Lugbu – Sumbuya
  11. Niawa Lenga – Nengbema
  12. Selenga – Dambala
  13. Tikonko – Tikonko
  14. Valunia – Mongere
  15. Wonde – Gboyama

Bonthe District

  1. Bendu – Cha Bendu
  2. Bum – Madina
  3. Dema – Tissana
  4. Imperri – Gbangbama
  5. Jong – Mattru
  6. Kpanda – Kemo Motuo
  7. Kwamebai Krim – Benduma
  8. Nongoba Bullom – Gbap
  9. Sittia – Yonni
  10. Sogbini – Tihun
  11. Yawbeko – Talia

Moyamba District

  1. Bagruwa – Sembehun
  2. Banta – Gbangbantoke
  3. Bumpe – Rotifunk
  4. Dasse – Mano
  5. Fakunya – Gandohun
  6. Kagboro – Shenge
  7. Kaiyamba – Moyamba
  8. Kamajei – Senehun
  9. Kongbora – Bauya
  10. Kori – Taiama
  11. Kowa – Njama
  12. Ribbi – Bradford
  13. Timdale – Bomotoke
  14. Upper Banta – Mokelle

Pujehun District

  1. Barri – Potoru
  2. Gallines Perri – Blama
  3. Kpaka – Masam
  4. Kpanga Kagonde – Pujehun
  5. Makpele – Zimmi
  6. Malen – Sahn
  7. Mano Sakrim – Gbonjema
  8. Panga Krim – Gobaru
  9. Peje – Futta
  10. Soro Gbema – Fairo
  11. Sowa – Bandajuma
  12. Yekomo Kpukumu Krim – Karlu

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Tristan Reed and James A. Robinson, The Chiefdoms of Sierra Leone, Scholar, Harvard University, 15 July 2013, Document available online, accessed 30 April 2014
  2. 1 2 3 Daron Acemoglu, Tristan Reed. and James A. Robinson. "Chiefs: Economic Development and Elite Control of Civil Society in Sierra Leone", Stanford University, 29 August 2013, accessed 30 April 2014
  3. ↑ Acemoglu et al. (2013), "Chiefs: Economic Development", p. 4

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