Koindu

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'''Koindu'''<ref>{{GEOnet2|32FA8831D8573774E0440003BA962ED3|Koindu (Approved)}}, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency</ref> is a town in Kailahun District in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. Koindu should not be confused with Koidu, which is a major diamond mining town in Kono District<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hynes|first=Bridget|title=Children of the Borderlands: Young Soldiers in the Reproduction of Warfare|location=Ann Arbor, Michigan|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=lEQ5iVAKVb8C&pg=PA179 179]}} dissertation at Conflict Resolution Institute, University of Denver.</ref> and market center.<ref>{{Cite book|author=Trillo. Richard|year=2008|title=The Rough Guide to West Africa|publisher=Penguin|location=London|pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=TL1q6BiISt8C&pg=PT1554 554–555]|isbn=978-1-4053-8070-6}}</ref> The population of Koindu is estimated at 16,751. Koindu lies approximately 63 miles from Kenema and about 230 miles east of Freetown. The population of Koindu is largely from the Kissi ethnic group.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bah |first=M. Alpha|year=1998|title=Fulbe presence in Sierra Leone: a case history of twentieth-century migration and settlement among the Kissi of Koindu|location=New York|publisher=P. Lang|isbn=978-0-8204-2180-3}}</ref>

== Gallery == 140px|Students celebrate with traditional dancing in Koindu, Kailahun District, Sierra Leone [[File:School destroyed by Sierra Leone Civil War.jpg|300px|The remains of a school in Koindu damaged during the Sierra Leone Civil War by RUF rebel forces]]

== Notable people == * Sahr Senesie, German football star

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Category:Populated places in Sierra Leone Category:Kailahun District