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11 unusual facts about Kono district


Alta Vista Public School

The school successfully raised $7700 and a school is planned for Kono District of Sierra Leone.

Ansarul Islamic Boys Secondary School

Ansarul Islamic Boys Secondary School also known as"A School," is a government sponsored public secondary school located in Tankoro Chiefdom, Koidutown, Kono District, Sierra Leone.

Augustine Bockarie

Augustine Bockarie is a Sierra Leonean politician from the opposition Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP), who is currently a member of parliament representing Kono District.

Eastern Polytechnic

along with the Kenema campus, Eastern Polytechnic was designed as a multi-campus institution with a campus at Bunumbu in the Kailahun District, (this campus was destroyed in the Sierra Leone Civil War) another at Woama in the Kono District (this campus was planned after the war and two buildings were erected but the site has been abandoned).

Koidu Girls Secondary School

Koidu Girls Secondary School is a government-sponsored secondary school for girls located in Koidutown, Kono District, Sierra Leone.

Koidu Holdings

The Koidu Kimberlite Project mining lease, located within the Tankoro Chiefdom of the Kono District, measures approximately 4.9 km2 and hosts two small kimberlite pipes, No. 1 Pipe (K1) and No. 2 Pipe (K2), and four kimberlite dyke zones, along which four small blows or enlargements have been discovered.

Kono language

The Kono District is situated in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone and contains 14 chiefdoms, each headed by a Paramount Chief.

Kono Model Academy

The school has produced some of the best students in the country as well as some prominent people from Kono District.

Kono Model Academy is a government-sponsored secondary school located in Koidutown, Kono District, Sierra Leone.

Sidique Mansaray

Sidique Mansaray was born and raised in Sierra Leone's fourth largest city of Koidu Town, Kono District to prominent Mandingo parents.

Yengema Secondary School

Yengema Secondary School or YSS is a government-sponsored secondary school that serves the town of Yengema, in the Kono District, Sierra Leone.


Healthcare in Sierra Leone

The traditional medicine programme, run by the Ministry of Health and Sanitation, has constructed a training school at Makeni, a healing centre at Kono and conducted workshops to promote co-operation between traditional medicine practitioners and orthodox doctors.

Solomon Musa

When Johnny Paul Koroma, of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council removed elected president Ahmad Tejan Kabbah from power in May, 1997, Musa returned and was appointed to the position of chief secretary of state of the Kono district.