# Koindu

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'''Koindu'''<ref>{{GEOnet2|32FA8831D8573774E0440003BA962ED3|Koindu (Approved)}}, [United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency](/source/National_Geospatial-Intelligence_Agency)</ref> is a town in [Kailahun District](/source/Kailahun_District) in the [Eastern Province](/source/Eastern_Province%2C_Sierra_Leone) of [Sierra Leone](/source/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&ndash;555]|isbn=978-1-4053-8070-6}}</ref> The population of Koindu is estimated at 16,751. Koindu lies approximately 63 miles from [Kenema](/source/Kenema) and about 230 miles east of Freetown.
 
The population of Koindu is largely from the [Kissi](/source/Kissi_people) 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](/source/Sierra_Leone_Civil_War) by [RUF](/source/Revolutionary_United_Front) rebel forces]]

== Notable people ==
* [Sahr Senesie](/source/Sahr_Senesie), German football star

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

{{Kailahun District}}

Category:Populated places in Sierra Leone
Category:Kailahun District

{{SierraLeone-geo-stub}}

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