Karene District

Karene District
Location of Karene District in Sierra Leone
Country	Sierra Leone
Province	North West
Capital	Kamakwie
Government
• Type	District Council
• District Council Chairman	John Dito Kamara[1] (APC))
Area
• Total	5,828 km2 (2,250 sq mi)
Population  (2021 census)
• Total	290,323
• Density	50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Greenwich Mean Time)

Karene District is a district in the North West Province, Sierra Leone. Karene is one of the sixteen districts that make up the Republic of Sierra Leone. The capital and largest city of Karene District is Kamakwie^[2] Karene along with Falaba District are the two new districts of Sierra Leone formed in December 2017, after they were ratified by the Sierra Leone Parliament in the government of former president Ernest Bai Koroma^[3]

The major economic activity in Karene is farming. The Temne people is the predominant majority ethnic group in Karene.

After the 2017 local administrative reorganization, Kerene District has made up of thirteen chiefdoms as the third level of administrative subdivision.

Prior to the 2017 local administrative reorganization, Libeisaygahun, Sanda Loko, Sanda Tenraren, Sella Limba and Tambakha Chiefdoms were formerly from Bombali District; and were Buya Romende, Debia and Sanda Magbolontor Chiefdoms were formerly from Port Loko District.

1. Buya^[a] – ?
2. Debia – Gbinti
3. Gbanti^[b] – ?
4. Libeisaygahun-Gbombahun – Batkanu
5. Mafonda Makerembay^[c] – ?
6. Romende^[a] – Foredugu
7. Safroko^[d] – ?
8. Sanda Loko – Kamalo
9. Sanda Magbolontor – Sendugu
10. Sanda Tenraren – Mateboi
11. Sella Limba – Kamakwie
12. Tambakha Simibungie^[e] – ?
13. Tambakha Yobangie^[e] – Fintonia

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