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Pujehun, Sierra Leone
Pujehun, Sierra Leone is located in Sierra Leone
Pujehun, Sierra Leone
Pujehun, Sierra Leone
Location in Sierra Leone
Coordinates: 7°21′2″N 11°43′5″W / 7.35056°N 11.71806°W / 7.35056; -11.71806
Country Sierra Leone
ProvinceSouthern Province
DistrictPujehun District
Population
 (current estimate[1])[citation needed]
 • Total20,121
Time zoneUTC-5 (GMT)

Pujehun is the capital of Pujehun District in the Southern Province. The current estimate of the population of Pujehun is 20,121 people.[citation needed]

Pujehun is a rural town and is the commercial and administrative center of Pujehun District. Pujehun lies about 50 miles south of Bo, and about 200 miles -south-east of Freetown. The inhabitants of Pujehun are largely from the Mende ethnic group, although like with virtually all areas in Sierra Leone, the Krio language of the Sierra Leone Creole people is the most widely spoken.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Pujehun". World Gazetteer. 2010. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
  2. ^ "Krio Translation Services". Language9.com. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  3. ^ Oyètádé, B. Akíntúndé; Fashole-Luke, Victor (15 February 2008). "Sierra Leone: Krio and the Quest for National Integration". Language and National Identity in Africa. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 122–140. ISBN 978-0-19-928675-1.

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