Chiefdoms of Sierra Leone

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The '''chiefdoms of Sierra Leone''' are the third-level units of administration in [[Sierra Leone]]. There are 190 chiefdoms in Sierra Leone, as of 2017. Previously, there were 149.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.africareview.com/news/Sierra-Leone-unveils-new-geographical-map/979180-4041036-4x8dfaz/index.html|title=Sierra Leone unveils new geographical map|work=Africa Review|access-date=2018-02-01|language=en-UK|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221142807/http://www.africareview.com/news/Sierra-Leone-unveils-new-geographical-map/979180-4041036-4x8dfaz/index.html|archive-date=2018-02-21|url-status=dead}}</ref> == History and organisation == The [[paramount chiefs]] and the ruling families in the chiefdoms were recognised and empowered by the [[United Kingdom|British colonial administration]] when it organised the [[Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate|Protectorate of Sierra Leone]] in 1896.<ref name="tristan">[http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/jrobinson/files/history.pdf Tristan Reed and James A. Robinson, ''The Chiefdoms of Sierra Leone''], ''Scholar'', Harvard University, 15 July 2013, Document available online, accessed 30 April 2014</ref> Typically, chiefs have the power to "raise taxes, control the judicial system, and allocate land, the most important resource in rural areas."<ref name="daron"/>

The hereditary paramount chiefs and their sub-chiefs were the sole local government in Sierra Leone until 2004, when the [[World Bank]] sponsored the creation of elected local councils. Local notables, known as the Tribal Authority, elect paramount chiefs for life from among the ruling families in each chieftaincy recognised by the British administration in 1896.<ref name="daron"/>

Some chieftaincies have several ruling families, and the differences among them in terms of economic progress has been subject to study in 2013.<ref name="daron">[http://public-prod-acquia.gsb.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/documents/pe_10_13_Robinson_0.pdf Daron Acemoglu, Tristan Reed. and James A. Robinson. "Chiefs: Economic Development and Elite Control of Civil Society in Sierra Leone"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305101740/http://public-prod-acquia.gsb.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/documents/pe_10_13_Robinson_0.pdf |date=2016-03-05 }}, Stanford University, 29 August 2013, accessed 30 April 2014</ref> They found there was a positive relationship between the number of ruling families in a chieftaincy and educational, health and economic outcomes in terms of [[human capital]].<ref>Acemoglu et al. (2013), "Chiefs: Economic Development", p. 4</ref>

The [[Districts of Sierra Leone|districts]] of [[Sierra Leone]] were divided into 149 chiefdoms of chieftaincies until 2017, as listed below as of 2011.<ref name="tristan"/> Since 2017, they have been divided into 190 chiefdoms.<ref name=":0" />

==Pre-2017 Chiefdoms== ===Eastern Province=== {{col-begin}} {{col-3}}

====[[Kailahun District]]==== # '''[[Dea Chiefdom|Dea]]''' – [[Baiwala]] # '''[[Jaluahun Chiefdom|Jaluahun]]''' – [[Segbwema]] # '''[[Jawei Chiefdom|Jawei]]''' – [[Daru, Sierra Leone|Daru]] # '''[[Kissi Kama Chiefdom|Kissi Kama]]''' – [[Dea, Sierra Leone|Dea]] # '''[[Kissi Teng Chiefdom|Kissi Teng]]''' – [[Kangama]] # '''[[Kissi Tongi Chiefdom|Kissi Tongi]]''' – [[Buedu]] # '''[[Luawa Chiefdom|Luawa]]''' – [[Kailahun]] # '''[[Malema Chiefdom|Malema]]''' – [[Jojoima]] # '''[[Mandu Chiefdom|Mandu]]''' – [[Mobai]] # '''[[Peje Bongre Chiefdom|Peje Bongre]]''' – [[Manowa]] # '''[[Peje West Chiefdom|Peje West]]''' – [[Bunumbu]] # '''[[Penguia Chiefdom|Penguia]]''' – [[Sandar, Sierra Leone|Sandar]] # '''[[Upper Bambara Chiefdom|Upper Bambara]]''' – [[Pendembu, Sierra Leone|Pendembu]] # '''[[Yawei Chiefdom|Yawei]]''' – [[Bandajuma]] {{col-3}}

====[[Kenema District]]==== # '''[[Dama Chiefdom|Dama]]''' – [[Giema]] # '''[[Dodo Chiefdom|Dodo]]''' – [[Dodo, Sierra Leone|Dodo]] # '''[[Gaura Chiefdom|Gaura]]''' – [[Joru, Sierra Leone|Joru]] # '''[[Gorama Mende Chiefdom|Gorama Mende]]''' – [[Tungie]] # '''[[Kandu Leppiam Chiefdom|Kandu Leppiam]]''' – [[Gbado]] # '''[[Koya Chiefdom|Koya]]''' – [[Baoma, Kenema District|Baoma]] # '''[[Langurama Ya Chiefdom|Langurama Ya]]''' – [[Baima, Sierra Leone|Baima]] # '''[[Lower Bambara Chiefdom|Lower Bambara]]''' – [[Panguma]] # '''[[Malehgohun Chiefdom|Malehgohun]]''' – [[Sembehun, Kenema District|Sembehun]] # '''[[Niawa Chiefdom|Niawa]]''' – [[Sundumei]] # '''[[Nomo Chiefdom|Nomo]]''' – [[Faama]] # '''[[Nongowa Chiefdom|Nongowa]]''' – [[Kenema]] # '''[[Simbaru Chiefdom|Simbaru]]''' – [[Boajibu]] # '''[[Small Bo Chiefdom|Small Bo]]''' – [[Blama]] # '''[[Tunkia Chiefdom|Tunkia]]''' – [[Gorahun]] # '''[[Wandor Chiefdom|Wandor]]''' – [[Faala, Sierra Leone|Faala]] {{col-3}}

====[[Kono District]]==== # '''[[Fiama Chiefdom|Fiama]]''' – [[Njagbwema]] # '''[[Gbane Kandor Chiefdom|Gbane Kandor]]''' – [[Koardu]] # '''[[Gbane Chiefdom|Gbane]]''' – [[Ngandorhun]] # '''[[Gbense Chiefdom|Gbense]]''' – [[Yardu]] # '''[[Gorama Kono Chiefdom|Gorama Kono]]''' – [[Kangama]] # '''[[Kamara Chiefdom|Kamara]]''' – [[Tombodu]] # '''[[Lei Chiefdom|Lei]]''' – [[Siama]] # '''[[Mafindor Chiefdom|Mafindor]]''' – [[Kamiendor]] # '''[[Nimikoro Chiefdom|Nimikoro]]''' – [[Njaiama]] # '''[[Nimiyama Chiefdom|Nimiyama]]''' – [[Sewafe]] # '''[[Sandor Chiefdom|Sandor]]''' – [[Kaima|Kayima]] # '''[[Soa Chiefdom|Soa]]''' – [[Kainkordu]] # '''[[Tankoro Chiefdom|Tankoro]]''' – [[New Sembehun]] # '''[[Toli Chiefdom|Toli]]''' – [[Kondewakor]] {{col-end}}

===Northern Province=== {{col-begin}} {{col-3}}

====[[Bombali District]]==== # '''[[Biriwa Chiefdom|Biriwa]]''' – [[Kamabai]] # '''[[Bombali Shebora Chiefdom|Bombali Shebora]]''' – [[Makeni]] # '''[[Gbanti Kamaranka Chiefdom|Gbanti Kamaranka]]''' – [[Kamaranka]] # '''[[Gbendembu Ngowahun Chiefdom|Gbendembu Ngowahun]]''' – [[Kalangba]] # '''[[Libeisaygahun Chiefdom|Libeisaygahun]]''' – [[Batkanu]] # '''[[Magbaiamba Ndowahun Chiefdom|Magbaiamba Ndowahun]]''' – [[Hunduwa]] # '''[[Makari Gbanti Chiefdom|Makari Gbanti]]''' – [[Masongbon]] # '''[[Paki Massabong Chiefdom|Paki Massabong]]''' – [[Mapaki]] # '''[[Safroko Limba Chiefdom|Safroko Limba]]''' – [[Binkolo]] # '''[[Sanda Loko Chiefdom|Sanda Loko]]''' – [[Kamalo, Sierra Leone|Kamalo]] # '''[[Sanda Tenraren Chiefdom|Sanda Tenraren]]''' – [[Mateboi]] # '''[[Sella Limba Chiefdom|Sella Limba]]''' – [[Kamakwie]] # '''[[Tambakha Chiefdom|Tambakha]]''' – [[Fintonia]] {{col-3}}

====[[Koinadugu District]]==== # '''[[Dembelia Sikunia Chiefdom|Dembelia Sikunia]]''' – [[Sikunia]] # '''[[Diang Chiefdom|Diang]]''' – [[Kondembaia]] # '''[[Folasaba Chiefdom|Folasaba]]''' – [[Musaia]] # '''[[Kasunko Chiefdom|Kasunko]]''' – [[Fadugu]] # '''[[Mongo Chiefdom|Mongo]]''' – [[Bendugu, Sierra Leone|Bendugu]] # '''[[Neya Chiefdom|Neya]]''' – [[Krubola]] # '''[[Nieni Chiefdom|Nieni]]''' – [[Yiffin]] # '''[[Sengbe Chiefdom|Sengbe]]''' – [[Yogomaia]] # '''[[Sulima Chiefdom|Sulima]]''' – [[Falaba]] # '''[[Wara-Wara Bafodia Chiefdom|Wara-Wara Bafodia]]''' – [[Bafodea]] # '''[[Wara-Wara Yagala Chiefdom|Wara-Wara Yagala]]''' – [[Gbawuria]] {{col-3}}

====[[Tonkolili District]]==== # '''[[Gbonkolenken Chiefdom|Gbonkolenken]]''' – [[Yele, Tonkolili District|Yele]] # '''[[Kafe Simiria Chiefdom|Kafe Simiria]]''' – [[Mabonto]] # '''[[Kalnthuba Chiefdom|Kalanthuba]]''' – [[Kamankay]] # '''[[Dansogoia Chiefdom|Dansogoia]]''' - [[Bumbuna]] # '''[[Kholifa Mabang Chiefdom|Kholifa Mabang]]''' - [[Mabang, Sierra Leone|Mabang]] # '''[[Kholifa Rowalla Chiefdom|Kholifa Rowalla]]''' – [[Magburaka]] # '''[[Kunike Chiefdom|Kunike]]''' – [[Masingbi]] # '''[[Kunike Barina Chiefdom|Kunike Barina]]''' – [[Makali]] # '''[[Malal Mara Chiefdom|Malal Mara]]''' – [[Rochin, Sierra Leone|Rochin]] # '''[[Sambaia Chiefdom|Sambaia]]''' – [[Bendugu, Tonkolili District|Bendugu]] # '''[[Tane Chiefdom|Tane]]''' – [[Matotoka]] # '''[[Yoni Chiefdom|Yoni]]''' – [[Yonibana]] {{col-end}}

===North Western Province=== {{col-begin}} {{col-3}}

====[[Kambia District]]==== # '''[[Briama Chiefdom|Brimaia]]''' – [[Kukuna, Sierra Leone|Kukuna]] # '''[[Gbinle Dixing Chiefdom|Gbinle Dixing]]''' – [[Tawuya]] # '''[[Magbema Chiefdom|Magbema]]''' – [[Kambia, Sierra Leone|Kambia]] # '''[[Mambolo Chiefdom|Mambolo]]''' – [[Mambolo (town)|Mambolo]] # '''[[Masungbala Chiefdom|Masungbala]]''' – [[Kawula]] # '''[[Samu Chiefdom|Samu]]''' – [[Kychum]] # '''[[Tonko Limba Chiefdom|Tonko Limba]]''' – [[Madina, Sierra Leone|Madina]] {{col-3}}

====[[Port Loko District]]==== # '''[[Bureh Chiefdom|Bureh]]''' – [[Mange, Sierra Leone|Mange]] # '''[[Buya Romende Chiefdom|Buya Romende]]''' – [[Foredugu]] # '''[[Debia Chiefdom|Debia]]''' – [[Gbinti]] # '''[[Kaffu Bullom Chiefdom|Kaffu Bullom]]''' – [[Mahera]] # '''[[Kasseh Chiefdom|Kasseh]]''' – [[Mahera]] # '''[[Koya Chiefdom, Port Loko District|Koya]]''' – [[Songo, Sierra Leone|Songo]] # '''[[Loko Masama Chiefdom|Loko Masama]]''' – [[Petifu]] # '''[[Maconteh Chiefdom|Maconteh]]''' – Unknown # '''[[Maforki Chiefdom|Maforki]]''' – [[Port Loko]] # '''[[Marampa Chiefdom|Marampa]]''' – [[Lunsar]] # '''[[Masimera Chiefdom|Masimera]]''' – [[Masimera]] # '''[[Sanda Magbolontor Chiefdom|Sanda Magbolontor]]''' – [[Sendugu]] # '''[[T.M. Safroko Chiefdom|T.M. Safroko]]''' – [[Miraykulay]] {{col-end}}

===Southern Province=== {{col-begin}} {{col-4}}

====[[Bo District]]==== # '''[[Badjia Chiefdom|Badjia]]''' – [[Ngelehun]] # '''[[Bagbo Chiefdom|Bagbo]]''' – [[Jimmi, Sierra Leone|Jimmi]] # '''[[Bagbwe Chiefdom|Bagbwe]]''' – [[Ngarlu]] # '''[[Baoma Chiefdom|Baoma]]''' – [[Baoma]] # '''[[Bumpe–Gao Chiefdom|Bumpe–Gao]]''' – [[Bumpe]] # '''[[Gbo Chiefdom|Gbo]]''' – [[Gbo, Sierra Leone|Gbo]] # '''[[Jaiama Bongor Chiefdom|Jaiama Bongor]]''' – [[Telu]] # '''[[Kakua Chiefdom|Kakua]]''' – [[Bo town]] # '''[[Komboya Chiefdom|Komboya]]''' – [[Njala, Bo|Njala]] # '''[[Lugbu Chiefdom|Lugbu]]''' – [[Sumbuya]] # '''[[Niawa Lenga Chiefdom|Niawa Lenga]]''' – [[Nengbema]] # '''[[Selenga Chiefdom|Selenga]]''' – [[Dambala]] # '''[[Tikonko Chiefdom|Tikonko]]''' – [[Tikonko]] # '''[[Valunia Chiefdom|Valunia]]''' – [[Mongere]] # '''[[Wonde Chiefdom|Wonde]]''' – [[Gboyama]] {{col-4}}

====[[Bonthe District]]==== # '''[[Bendu Chiefdom|Bendu]]''' – [[Cha Bendu]] # '''[[Bum Chiefdom|Bum]]''' – [[Madina, Bum Chiefdom, Sierra Leone|Madina]] # '''[[Dema Chiefdom|Dema]]''' – [[Tissana]] # '''[[Imperri Chiefdom|Imperri]]''' – [[Gbangbama]] # '''[[Jong Chiefdom|Jong]]''' – [[Mattru]] # '''[[Kpanda Chiefdom|Kpanda]]''' – [[Kemo Motuo]] # '''[[Kwamebai Krim Chiefdom|Kwamebai Krim]]''' – [[Benduma]] # '''[[Nongoba Bullom Chiefdom|Nongoba Bullom]]''' – [[Bullom]] # '''[[Sittia Chiefdom|Sittia]]''' – [[Yonni]] # '''[[Sogbini Chiefdom|Sogbini]]''' – [[Tihun]] # '''[[Yawbeko Chiefdom|Yawbeko]]''' – [[Talia, Sierra Leone|Talia]] {{col-4}}

====[[Moyamba District]]==== # '''[[Bagruwa Chiefdom|Bagruwa]]''' – [[Sembehun]] # '''[[Bumpe Chiefdom|Bumpe]]''' – [[Rotifunk]] # '''[[Dasse Chiefdom|Dasse]]''' – [[Mano, Sierra Leone|Mano]] # '''[[Fakunya Chiefdom|Fakunya]]''' – [[Gandohun]] # '''[[Kagboro Chiefdom|Kagboro]]''' – [[Shenge]] # '''[[Kaiyamba Chiefdom|Kaiyamba]]''' – [[Moyamba]] # '''[[Kamajei Chiefdom|Kamajei]]''' – [[Senehun]] # '''[[Kongbora Chiefdom|Kongbora]]''' – [[Bauya]] # '''[[Kori Chiefdom|Kori]]''' – [[Taiama]] # '''[[Kowa Chiefdom|Kowa]]''' – [[Njama]] # '''[[Lower Banta Chiefdom|Lower Banta]]''' – [[Gbangbatoke]] # '''[[Ribbi Chiefdom|Ribbi]]''' – [[Bradford, Sierra Leone|Bradford]] # '''[[Timdale Chiefdom|Timdale]]''' – [[Bomotoke]] # '''[[Upper Banta Chiefdom|Upper Banta]]''' – [[Mokelle]] {{col-4}}

====[[Pujehun District]]==== # '''[[Barri Chiefdom|Barri]]''' – [[Potoru]] # '''[[Gallines Perri Chiefdom|Gallines Perri]]''' – [[Blama]] # '''[[Kpaka Chiefdom|Kpaka]]''' – [[Masam]] # '''[[Kpanga Kabonde Chiefdom|Kpanga Kabonde]]''' – [[Pujehun town]] # '''[[Makpele Chiefdom|Makpele]]''' – [[Zimmi, Sierra Leone|Zimmi]] # '''[[Malen Chiefdom|Malen]]''' – [[Sahn, Sierra Leone|Sahn]] # '''[[Mano Sa Krim Chiefdom|Mano Sa Krim]]''' – [[Gbonjema]] # '''[[Kpanga Krim Chiefdom|Kpanga Krim]]''' – [[Gobaru]] # '''[[Peje Chiefdom|Peje]]''' – [[Futta]] # '''[[Sorogbema Chiefdom|Sorogbema]]''' – [[Fairo]] # '''[[Sowa Chiefdom|Sowa]]''' – [[Bandajuma]] # '''[[Yakemo Kpukumu Krim Chiefdom|Yakemo Kpukumu Krim]]''' – [[Karlu]] {{col-end}}

==Post-2017 Chiefdoms== ===Eastern Province=== {{col-begin}} {{col-3}}

====[[Kailahun District]]==== # '''[[Dea Chiefdom|Dea]]''' – [[Baiwala]] # '''[[Jahn Chiefdom|Jahn]]'''{{efn|group=slkl2017|Formerly part of Jaluahun Chiefdom.}} – ? # '''[[Jaluahun Chiefdom|Jaluahun]]''' – [[Segbwema]] # '''[[Jawei Chiefdom|Jawei]]''' – [[Daru, Sierra Leone|Daru]] # '''[[Kissi Kama Chiefdom|Kissi Kama]]''' – [[Dea, Sierra Leone|Dea]] # '''[[Kissi Teng Chiefdom|Kissi Teng]]''' – [[Kangama]] # '''[[Kissi Tongi Chiefdom|Kissi Tongi]]''' – [[Buedu]] # '''[[Luawa Chiefdom|Luawa]]''' – [[Kailahun]] # '''[[Malema Chiefdom|Malema]]''' – [[Jojoima]] # '''[[Mandu Chiefdom|Mandu]]''' – [[Mobai]] # '''[[Peje Bongre Chiefdom|Peje Bongre]]''' – [[Manowa]] # '''[[Peje West Chiefdom|Peje West]]''' – [[Bunumbu]] # '''[[Penguia Chiefdom|Penguia]]''' – [[Sandar, Sierra Leone|Sandar]] # '''[[Upper Bambara Chiefdom|Upper Bambara]]''' – [[Pendembu, Sierra Leone|Pendembu]] # '''[[Yawei Chiefdom|Yawei]]''' – [[Bandajuma]] ;Notes: {{notelist|group=slkl2017}} {{col-3}}

====[[Kenema District]]==== # '''[[Dama Chiefdom|Dama]]''' – [[Giema]] # '''[[Dodo Chiefdom|Dodo]]''' – [[Dodo, Sierra Leone|Dodo]] # '''[[Gaura Chiefdom|Gaura]]''' – [[Joru, Sierra Leone|Joru]] # '''[[Gorama Mende Chiefdom|Gorama Mende]]''' – [[Tungie]] # '''[[Kandu Leppiam Chiefdom|Kandu Leppiam]]''' – [[Gbado]] # '''[[Koya Chiefdom|Koya]]''' – [[Baoma, Kenema District|Baoma]] # '''[[Langurama Ya Chiefdom|Langurama Ya]]''' – [[Baima, Sierra Leone|Baima]] # '''[[Lower Bambara Chiefdom|Lower Bambara]]''' – [[Panguma]] # '''[[Malegohun Chiefdom|Malegohun]]''' – [[Sembehun, Kenema District|Sembehun]] # '''[[Niawa Chiefdom|Niawa]]''' – [[Sundumei]] # '''[[Nomo Chiefdom|Nomo]]''' – [[Faama]] # '''[[Nongowa Chiefdom|Nongowa]]''' – ? # '''[[Simbaru Chiefdom|Simbaru]]''' – [[Boajibu]] # '''[[Small Bo Chiefdom|Small Bo]]''' – [[Blama]] # '''[[Tunkia Chiefdom|Tunkia]]''' – [[Gorahun]] # '''[[Wando Chiefdom|Wando]]''' – [[Faala, Sierra Leone|Faala]] # '''[[Kenema Chiefdom|Kenema City]]'''{{efn|group=slke2017|Formerly part of Nongowa Chiefdom.}} – [[Kenema]] ;Notes: {{notelist|group=slke2017}} {{col-3}}

====[[Kono District]]==== # '''[[Fiama Chiefdom|Fiama]]''' – [[Njagbwema]] # '''[[Gbane Kandor Chiefdom|Gbane Kandor]]''' – [[Koardu]] # '''[[Gbane Chiefdom|Gbane]]''' – [[Ngandorhun]] # '''[[Gbense Chiefdom|Gbense]]''' – [[Yardu]] # '''[[Gorama Kono Chiefdom|Gorama Kono]]''' – [[Kangama]] # '''[[Kamara Chiefdom|Kamara]]''' – [[Tombodu]] # '''[[Lei Chiefdom|Lei]]''' – [[Siama]] # '''[[Mafindor Chiefdom|Mafindor]]''' – [[Kamiendor]] # '''[[Nimikoro Chiefdom|Nimikoro]]''' – [[Njaiama]] # '''[[Nimiyama Chiefdom|Nimiyama]]''' – [[Sewafe]] # '''[[Sandor Chiefdom|Sandor]]''' – [[Kaima|Kayima]] # '''[[Soa Chiefdom|Soa]]''' – [[Kainkordu]] # '''[[Tankoro Chiefdom|Tankoro]]''' – [[Bayama Tankoo]] # '''[[Toli Chiefdom|Toli]]''' – [[Kondewakor]] # '''[[Koidu Town Chiefdom|Koidu Town]]'''{{efn|group=slkn2017|Formerly part of Gbense Chiefdom.}} – [[Koidu]] ;Notes: {{notelist|group=slkn2017}} {{col-end}}

===Northern Province=== {{col-begin}} {{col-4}}

====[[Bombali District]]==== # '''[[Biriwa Chiefdom|Biriwa]]''' – [[Kamabai]] # '''[[Bombali Shebora Chiefdom|Bombali Shebora]]''' – ? # '''[[Bombali Siari Chiefdom|Bombali Siari]]'''{{efn|group=slbm2017|name=a|Formerly part of Bombali Shebora Chiefdom.}} – ? # '''[[Gbanti Chiefdom, Bombali District|Gbanti]]'''{{efn|group=slbm2017|name=b|Formerly part of [[Makari Gbanti Chiefdom|Makari Gbanti]] Chiefdom; split off.}} – ? # '''[[Gbendembu Chiefdom|Gbendembu]]'''{{efn|group=slbm2017|name=c|Formerly part of [[Gbendembu Ngowahun Chiefdom|Gbendembu Ngowahun]] Chiefdom; split off.}} – ? # '''[[Kamaranka Chiefdom|Kamaranka]]'''{{efn|group=slbm2017|name=d|Formerly part of [[Gbanti Kamaranka Chiefdom|Gbanti Kamaranka]] Chiefdom; split off, with [[Gbanti Chiefdom, Karene District|Gbanti]] Chiefdom moving to [[Karene District]].}} – [[Kamaranka]] # '''[[Magbaiamba Ndowahun Chiefdom|Magbaiamba Ndowahun]]''' – [[Hunduwa]] # '''[[Makari Chiefdom|Makari]]'''{{efn|group=slbm2017|name=b}} – [[Masongbon]] # '''[[Mara Chiefdom|Mara]]'''{{efn|group=slbm2017|Formerly part of [[Malal Mara Chiefdom|Malal Mara]] Chiefdom; moved from [[Tonkolili District]].}} – ? # '''[[Ngowahun Chiefdom|Ngowahun]]'''{{efn|group=slbm2017|name=c}} – [[Kalangba]] # '''[[Paki Massabong Chiefdom|Paki Massabong]]''' – [[Mapaki]] # '''[[Safroko Limba Chiefdom|Safroko Limba]]''' – [[Binkolo]] # '''[[Makeni City Chiefdom|Makeni City]]'''{{efn|group=slbm2017|name=a}} – [[Makeni]] ;Notes: {{notelist|group=slbm2017}} {{col-4}}

====[[Falaba District]]==== # '''[[Delemandugu Chiefdom|Delemandugu]]'''{{efn|group=slfl2017|name=a|Formerly part of Mongo Chiefdom.}} – ? # '''[[Dembelia Chiefdom|Dembelia]]'''{{efn|group=slfl2017|Formerly part of Folasaba Chiefdom.}} – [[Musaia]] # '''[[Dembelia Sikunia Chiefdom|Dembelia Sikunia]]''' – [[Sikunia]] # '''[[Folasaba Chiefdom|Folasaba]]''' – ? # '''[[Kamadu Yiraia Chiefdom|Kamadu Yiraia]]'''{{efn|group=slfl2017|Formerly part of [[Sengbe Chiefdom|Sengbe]] Chiefdom from [[Koinadugu District]] before splitting off.}} – ? # '''[[Kebelia Chiefdom|Kebelia]]'''{{efn|group=slfl2017|Formerly part of Sulima Chiefdom.}} – ? # '''[[Kulor Saradu Chiefdom|Kulor Saradu]]'''{{efn|group=slfl2017|name=b|Formerly part of Neya Chiefdom.}} – ? # '''[[Mongo Chiefdom|Mongo]]''' – [[Bendugu, Sierra Leone|Bendugu]] # '''[[Morfindugu Chiefdom|Morfindugu]]'''{{efn|group=slfl2017|name=a}} – ? # '''[[Neya Chiefdom|Neya]]''' – [[Krubola]] # '''[[Nyedu Chiefdom|Nyedu]]'''{{efn|group=slfl2017|name=b}} – ? # '''[[Sulima Chiefdom|Sulima]]''' – [[Falaba]] # '''[[Wollay Barawa Chiefdom|Wollay Barawa]]'''{{efn|group=slfl2017|Formerly part of [[Nieni Chiefdom|Nieni]] Chiefdom from [[Koinadugu District]] before splitting off.}} – ? ;Notes: {{notelist|group=slfl2017}} {{col-4}}

====[[Koinadugu District]]==== # '''[[Diang Chiefdom|Diang]]''' – [[Kondembaia]] # '''[[Gbonkobon Kayaka Chiefdom|Gbonkobon Kayaka]]'''{{efn|group=slkn2017|name=a|Formerly part of [[Kasunko Chiefdom|Kasunko]] Chiefdom; split off.}} – ? # '''[[Kalian Chiefdom|Kalian]]'''{{efn|group=slkn2017|Formerly part of Nieni Chiefdom.}} – ? # '''[[Kamukeh Chiefdom|Kamukeh]]'''{{efn|group=slkn2017|Formerly part of Wara-Wara Bafodea Chiefdom.}} – ? # '''[[Kasunko Chiefdom|Kasunko KaKellian]]''' – ? # '''[[Nieni Chiefdom|Nieni]]'''{{efn|group=slkn2017|Lost area to [[Wollay Barawa Chiefdom|Wollay Barawa]] Chiefdom; which moved to [[Falaba District]].}} – [[Yiffin]] # '''[[Sengbe Chiefdom|Sengbe]]'''{{efn|group=slkn2017|Lost area to [[Kamadu Yirala Chiefdom|Kamadu Yirala]] Chiefdom; which moved to [[Falaba District]].}} – [[Yogomaia]] # '''[[Tamiso Chiefdom|Tamiso]]'''{{efn|group=slkn2017|name=a}} – [[Fadugu]] # '''[[Wara-Wara Bafodea Chiefdom|Wara-Wara Bafodia]]''' – [[Bafodia]] # '''[[Wara-Wara Yagala Chiefdom|Wara-Wara Yagala]]''' – [[Gbawuria]] ;Notes: {{notelist|group=slkn2017}} {{col-4}}

====[[Tonkolili District]]==== # '''[[Dansogoia Chiefdom|Dansogoia]]'''{{efn|group=slto2017|name=a|Formerly part of [[Kalansongoia Chiefdom|Kalansongoia]] Chiefdom; split off.}} – [[Bumbuna]] # '''[[Gbonkolenken Chiefdom|Gbonkolenken Masankong]]''' – [[Yele, Tonkolili District|Yele]] # '''[[Kafe Chiefdom|Kafe]]'''{{efn|group=slto2017|name=b|Formerly part of [[Kafe Simiria Chiefdom|Kafe Simiria]] Chiefdom.}} – ? # '''[[Kalanthuba Chiefdom|Kalanthuba]]'''{{efn|group=slto2017|name=a}} – ? # '''[[Kholifa Mabang Chiefdom|Kholifa Mabang]]''' – [[Mabang, Sierra Leone|Mabang]] # '''[[Kholifa Mamuntha Mayosso Chiefdom|Kholifa Mamuntha Mayosso]]'''{{efn|group=slto2017|Formerly part of Kholifa Rowalla Chiefdom.}} – ? # '''[[Kholifa Rowalla Chiefdom|Kholifa Rowalla]]''' – [[Magburaka]] # '''[[Kunike Barina Chiefdom|Kunike Barina]]''' – [[Makali]] # '''[[Kunike Folawusu Chiefdom|Kunike Folawusu]]'''{{efn|group=slto2017|Formerly part of Kunike Sanda Chiefdom.}} – ? # '''[[Kunike Sanda Chiefdom|Kunike Sanda]]''' – [[Masingbi]] # '''[[Malal Chiefdom|Malal]]'''{{efn|group=slto2017|Formerly part of [[Malal Mara Chiefdom|Malal Mara]] Chiefdom before losing the Mara section.}} – [[Rochin, Sierra Leone|Rochin]] # '''[[Mayeppoh Chiefdom|Mayeppoh]]'''{{efn|group=slto2017|name=c|Formerly part of Gbonkolenken Chiefdom}} – ? # '''[[Poli Chiefdom|Poli]]'''{{efn|group=slto2017|name=c}} – ? # '''[[Sambaia Chiefdom|Sambaia]]''' – [[Bendugu, Tonkolili District|Bendugu]] # '''[[Simiria Chiefdom|Simiria]]'''{{efn|group=slto2017|name=b}} – [[Mabonto]] # '''[[Tane Chiefdom|Tane]]''' – [[Matotoka]] # '''[[Yele Chiefdom|Yele]]'''{{efn|group=slto2017|name=c}} – ? # '''[[Yoni Mabanta Chiefdom|Yoni Mabanta]]'''{{efn|group=slto2017|name=d|Formerly part of [[Yoni Chiefdom|Yoni]] Chiefdom; split off.}} – ? # '''[[Yoni Mamaila Chiefdom|Yoni Mamaila]]'''{{efn|group=slto2017|name=d}} – [[Yonibana]] ;Notes: {{notelist|group=slto2017}} {{col-end}}

===North Western Province=== {{col-begin}} {{col-3}}

====[[Kambia District]]==== # '''[[Briama Chiefdom|Briama]]''' – [[Kukuna, Sierra Leone|Kukuna]] # '''[[Dixing Chiefdom|Dixing]]'''{{efn|group=slkm2017|name=a|Formerly part of [[Gbinle Dixing Chiefdom|Gbinle Dixing]] Chiefdom; split off.}} – [[Mafaray]] # '''[[Gbinle Chiefdom|Gbinle]]'''{{efn|group=slkm2017|name=a}} – [[Tawuya]] # '''[[Khonimakha Chiefdom|Khonimakha]]'''{{efn|group=slkm2017|Formerly part of Briama Chiefdom.}} – [[Kabaya, Sierra Leone|Kabaya]] # '''[[Magbema Chiefdom|Magbema]]''' – [[Kambia, Sierra Leone|Kambia]] # '''[[Mambolo Chiefdom|Mambolo]]''' – [[Mambolo (town)|Mambolo]] # '''[[Masungbala Chiefdom|Masungbala]]''' – [[Kawula]] # '''[[Munu Thalla Chiefdom|Munu Thala]]'''{{efn|group=slkm2017|Formerly part of Masungbala Chiefdom.}} – [[Bamoi Bana, Sierra Leone|Thala]] # '''[[Samu Chiefdom|Samu]]''' – [[Kychum]] # '''[[Tonko Limba Chiefdom|Tonko Limba]]''' – [[Madina, Sierra Leone|Madina]] ;Notes: {{notelist|group=slkm2017}} {{col-3}}

====[[Karene District]]==== # '''[[Buya Chiefdom|Buya]]'''{{efn|group=slkr2017|name=a|Formerly part of [[Buya Romende Chiefdom|Buya Romende]] Chiefdom; split off.}} – ? # '''[[Debia Chiefdom|Debia]]''' – [[Gbinti]] # '''[[Gbanti Chiefdom, Kerene District|Gbanti]]'''{{efn|group=slkr2017|Formerly part of [[Gbanti Kamaranka Chiefdom|Gbanti Kamaranka]] Chiefdom from [[Bombali District]] before splitting off.}} – ? # '''[[Libeisaygahun Chiefdom|Libeisaygahun-Gbombahun]]''' – [[Batkanu]] # '''[[Mafonda Makerembay Chiefdom|Mafonda Makerembay]]'''{{efn|group=slkr2017|Formerly part of Libeisaygahun-Gbombahun Chiefdom.}} – ? # '''[[Romende Chiefdom|Romende]]'''{{efn|group=slkr2017|name=a}} – [[Foredugu]] # '''[[Safroko Chiefdom|Safroko]]'''{{efn|group=slkr2017|Formerly part of Debia Chiefdom.}} – ? # '''[[Sanda Loko Chiefdom|Sanda Loko]]''' – [[Kamalo, Sierra Leone|Kamalo]] # '''[[Sanda Magbolontor Chiefdom|Sanda Magbolontor]]''' – [[Sendugu]] # '''[[Sanda Tenraren Chiefdom|Sanda Tenraren]]''' – [[Mateboi]] # '''[[Sella Limba Chiefdom|Sella Limba]]''' – [[Kamakwie]] # '''[[Tambakha Simibungie Chiefdom|Tambakha Simibungie]]'''{{efn|group=slkr2017|name=b|Formerly part of [[Tambakha Chiefdom|Tambakha]] Chiefdom; split off.}} – ? # '''[[Tambakha Yobangie Chiefdom|Tambakha Yobangie]]'''{{efn|group=slkr2017|name=b}} – [[Fintonia]] ;Notes: {{notelist|group=slkr2017}} {{col-3}}

====[[Port Loko District]]==== # '''[[Bakeh Loko Chiefdom|Bakeh Loko]]'''{{efn|group=slpl2017|name=a|Formerly part of Maforki Chiefdom.}} – ? # '''[[Bureh Chiefdom|Bureh]]'''{{efn|group=slpl2017|name=b|Formerly part of [[Bureh Kaseh Chiefdom|Bureh Kaseh]] Chiefdom; split off.}} – [[Mange, Sierra Leone|Mange]] # '''[[Kaffu Bullom Chiefdom|Kaffu Bullom]]''' – [[Mahera]] # '''[[Kamasondo Chiefdom|Kamasondo]]'''{{efn|group=slpl2017|Formerly part of Loko Massama Chiefdom.}} – ? # '''[[Kaseh Chiefdom|Kaseh]]'''{{efn|group=slpl2017|name=b}} – ? # '''[[Koya Chiefdom|Koya]]''' – [[Songo, Sierra Leone|Songo]] # '''[[Loko Massama Chiefdom|Loko Massama]]''' – [[Petifu]] # '''[[Maconteh Chiefdom|Maconteh]]'''{{efn|group=slpl2017|name=b}} – ? # '''[[Maforki Chiefdom|Maforki]]''' – ? # '''[[Makama Chiefdom|Makama]]'''{{efn|group=slpl2017|name=c|Formerly part of [[T.M. Safroko Chiefdom|T.M. Safroko]] Chiefdom; split off.}} – [[Miraykulay]] # '''[[Marampa Chiefdom|Marampa]]''' – [[Lunsar]] # '''[[Masimera Chiefdom|Masimera]]''' – [[Masimera]] # '''[[Tinkatopa Chiefdom|Tinkatopa]]'''{{efn|group=slpl2017|name=c}} – ? # '''[[Port Loko City Chiefdom|Port Loko City]]'''{{efn|group=slpl2017|name=a}} – [[Port Loko]] ;Notes: {{notelist|group=slpl2017}} {{col-end}}

===Southern Province=== {{col-begin}} {{col-4}}

====[[Bo District]]==== # '''[[Badjia Chiefdom|Badjia]]''' – [[Ngelehun]] # '''[[Bagbo Chiefdom|Bagbo]]''' – [[Jimmi, Sierra Leone|Jimmi]] # '''[[Bagbwe Chiefdom|Bagbwe]]''' – [[Ngarlu]] # '''[[Baoma Chiefdom|Baoma]]''' – [[Baoma]] # '''[[Bongor Chiefdom|Bongor]]'''{{efn|group=slbo2017|name=a|Formerly part of [[Jaiama Bongor Chiefdom|Jaiama Bongor]] Chiefdom; split off.}} – [[Telu]] # '''[[Bumpe–Gao Chiefdom|Bumpe–Gao]]''' – [[Bumpe]] # '''[[Gbo Chiefdom|Gbo]]''' – [[Gbo, Sierra Leone|Gbo]] # '''[[Jaiama Chiefdom|Jaiama]]'''{{efn|group=slbo2017|name=a}} – ? # '''[[Kakua Chiefdom|Kakua]]''' – [[Kakua (town)|Kakua]] # '''[[Komboya Chiefdom|Komboya]]''' – [[Njala, Bo|Njala]] # '''[[Lugbu Chiefdom|Lugbu]]''' – [[Sumbuya]] # '''[[Niawa Lenga Chiefdom|Niawa Lenga]]''' – [[Nengbema]] # '''[[Selenga Chiefdom|Selenga]]''' – [[Dambala]] # '''[[Tikonko Chiefdom|Tikonko]]''' – [[Tikonko]] # '''[[Valunia Chiefdom|Valunia]]''' – [[Mongere]] # '''[[Wonde Chiefdom|Wonde]]''' – [[Gboyama]] # '''[[Bo City Chiefdom|Bo City]]'''{{efn|group=slbo2017|Formerly part of Kakua Chiefdom.}} – [[Bo, Sierra Leone|Bo]] ;Notes: {{notelist|group=slbo2017}} {{col-4}}

====[[Bonthe District]]==== # '''[[Bendu Chiefdom|Bendu]]''' – [[Cha Bendu]] # '''[[Bum Chiefdom|Bum]]''' – [[Madina, Bum Chiefdom, Sierra Leone|Madina]] # '''[[Dema Chiefdom|Dema]]''' – [[Tissana]] # '''[[Imperri Chiefdom|Imperri]]''' – [[Gbangbama]] # '''[[Jong Chiefdom|Jong]]''' – [[Mattru]] # '''[[Kpanda Chiefdom|Kpanda Kemo]]''' – [[Kemo Motuo]] # '''[[Kwamebai Krim Chiefdom|Kwamebai Krim]]''' – [[Benduma]] # '''[[Nongoba Bullom Chiefdom|Nongoba Bullom]]''' – [[Bullom]] # '''[[Sittia Chiefdom|Sittia]]''' – [[Yonni]] # '''[[Sogbini Chiefdom|Sogbini]]''' – [[Tihun]] # '''[[Yawbeko Chiefdom|Yawbeko]]''' – [[Talia, Sierra Leone|Talia]] # '''[[Bonthe Urban Chiefdom|Bonthe Urban]]'''{{efn|group=slbn2017|Formerly part of Sittia Chiefdom.}} – [[Bonthe]] ;Notes: {{notelist|group=slbn2017}} {{col-4}}

====[[Moyamba District]]==== # '''[[Bagruwa Chiefdom|Bagruwa]]''' – [[Sembehun]] # '''[[Bumpe Chiefdom|Bumpe]]''' – [[Rotifunk]] # '''[[Dasse Chiefdom|Dasse]]''' – [[Mano, Sierra Leone|Mano]] # '''[[Fakunya Chiefdom|Fakunya]]''' – [[Gandohun]] # '''[[Kagboro Chiefdom|Kagboro]]''' – [[Shenge]] # '''[[Kaiyamba Chiefdom|Kaiyamba]]''' – [[Moyamba]] # '''[[Kamajei Chiefdom|Kamajei]]''' – [[Senehun]] # '''[[Kongbora Chiefdom|Kongbora]]''' – [[Bauya]] # '''[[Kori Chiefdom|Kori]]''' – [[Taiama]] # '''[[Kowa Chiefdom|Kowa]]''' – [[Njama]] # '''[[Lower Banta Chiefdom|Lower Banta]]''' – [[Gbangbatoke]] # '''[[Ribbi Chiefdom|Ribbi]]''' – [[Bradford, Sierra Leone|Bradford]] # '''[[Timdale Chiefdom|Timdale]]''' – [[Bomotoke]] # '''[[Upper Banta Chiefdom|Upper Banta]]''' – [[Mokelle]] {{col-4}}

====[[Pujehun District]]==== # '''[[Barri Chiefdom|Barri]]''' – [[Potoru]] # '''[[Gallines Chiefdom|Gallines]]'''{{efn|group=slpu2017|name=a|Formerly part of [[Gallines Perri Chiefdom|Gallines Perri]] Chiefdom; split off.}} – ? # '''[[Kagonde Chiefdom|Kagonde]]'''{{efn|group=slpu2017|name=b|Formerly part of [[Kpanga Kagonde Chiefdom|Kpanga Kagonde]] Chiefdom; split off.}} – ? # '''[[Kpaka Chiefdom|Kpaka]]''' – [[Masam]] # '''[[Kpanga Chiefdom|Kpanga]]'''{{efn|group=slpu2017|name=b}} – [[Pujehun]] # '''[[Makpele Chiefdom|Makpele]]''' – [[Zimmi, Sierra Leone|Zimmi]] # '''[[Malen Chiefdom|Malen]]''' – [[Sahn, Sierra Leone|Sahn]] # '''[[Mano Sakrim Chiefdom|Mano Sakrim]]''' – [[Gbonjema]] # '''[[Panga Krim Chiefdom|Panga Krim]]''' – [[Gobaru]] # '''[[Peje Chiefdom|Peje]]''' – [[Futta]] # '''[[Perri Chiefdom|Perri]]'''{{efn|group=slpu2017|name=a}} – [[Blama]] # '''[[Soro Gbema Chiefdom|Soro Gbema]]''' – [[Fairo]] # '''[[Sowa Chiefdom|Sowa]]''' – [[Bandajuma]] # '''[[Yakemo Kpukumu Krim Chiefdom|Yekomo Kpukumu]]''' – [[Karlu]] ;Notes: {{notelist|group=slpu2017}} {{col-end}}

== See also == * [[Administrative divisions of Sierra Leone]]

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.sierra-leone.org/chiefdoms.html Sierra Leone.org]

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