{{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |name = Bumpe |other_name = |native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = |settlement_type = |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = Sierra Leone<!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_mapsize =300 |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Sierra Leone <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Sierra Leone}} |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = Southern Province |subdivision_type2 =District |subdivision_name2 = Bo District |subdivision_type3 = Chiefdom |subdivision_name3 = Bumpe–Gao Chiefdom |<!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> |leader_name1 = |established_title = <!-- Settled --> |established_date = <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_magnitude = |unit_pref =Imperial <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = <!-- ALL fields dealing with a measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion--> |area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of =2013 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total =16123 |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title =Ethnicities |population_blank1 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone =GMT |utc_offset = +0 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|7|53|28|N|11|54|19|W|region:SL|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }}
'''Bumpe''' is a small town in Bo District in the Southern Province of Sierra Leone. As of 2013 it had an estimated population of 16,123.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gpro&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-195&srt=p12n&col=adhoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=&geo=352456808|title=Bumpeh|publisher=World Gazetteer|accessdate=January 12, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130209203818/http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gpro&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-195&srt=p12n&col=adhoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=&geo=352456808|archive-date=2013-02-09|url-status=dead}}</ref> The town is located south-west of Bo.
The town is also known as Bompeh, and both names are applied to a local river. Sir Samuel Rowe, the British Colonial Governor, visited the area in 1880.<ref>{{cite web|title=Three maps, comprising four items (of territory now in SierraLeone)|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/details?Uri=C9413049|publisher=The National Archive (UK)}}</ref>
Pan Pacific Investments Corporation (SL) Limited has a license to mine for diamonds in Bompeh.<ref>{{cite web|title=Industrial Mining Activity in Sierra leone|url=http://www.slmineralresources.org/mining_sector/industrial_mineral_rights_april08.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202193622/http://slmineralresources.org/mining_sector/industrial_mineral_rights_april08.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-02-02|publisher=Ministry of Mines & Mineral Resources, Sierra Leone}}</ref>
==See also== *House of Kposowa *Mende people *Bumpe–Gao Chiefdom
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Bo District}}
Category:Populated places in Sierra Leone Category:Bo District
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