Kissi Tongi Chiefdom
Chiefdom in Eastern Province, Sierra Leone
8°13′00″N 10°21′30″W / 8.21667°N 10.35833°W / 8.21667; -10.35833
Sierra Leone (2004[1])
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
- ^ a b "Final Results 2004 Population and Housing Census" (pdf). Government of Sierra Leone. 2006. p. 6. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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Chiefdoms and towns of Kailahun District- Kailahun
- Dea
- Jaluahun
- Jawei
- Kissi Kama
- Kissi Teng
- Kissi Tongi
- Luawa
- Malema
- Mandu
- Peje Bongre
- Peje West
- Penguia
- Upper Bambara
- Yawei
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