Kissi Tongi Chiefdom
Chiefdom
Coordinates: 8°13′00″N 10°21′30″W / 8.21667°N 10.35833°W / 8.21667; -10.35833
Country Sierra Leone
ProvinceEastern Province
DistrictKailahun District
CapitalBuedu
Population
 (2004[1])
 • Total33,457
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Kissi Tongi Chiefdom is a chiefdom in Kailahun District of Sierra Leone with a population of 33,457.[1] Its principal town is Buedu. During the Sierra Leone Civil War the Kissi Tongi Chiefdom was one of the major strongholds of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF). The War Office of the RUF was opened in Buedu in February 1998,[2] and Kissi Tongi was one of the last chiefdoms to be disarmed in January 2002.[3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Final Results 2004 Population and Housing Census" (pdf). Government of Sierra Leone. 2006. p. 6. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  2. ↑ Smith, L. Alison; Gambette, Catherine; Longley, Thomas (10 March 2004). Conflict Mapping in Sierra Leone: Violations of Humanitarian Law from 1991 to 2002 (PDF). Freetown, Sierra Leone: No Peace Without Justice. p. 46.
  3. ↑ Smith, L. Alison; Gambette, Catherine; Longley, Thomas (10 March 2004). Conflict Mapping in Sierra Leone: Violations of Humanitarian Law from 1991 to 2002 (PDF). Freetown, Sierra Leone: No Peace Without Justice. p. 287.


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