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Bullom Shore is geographical area in
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered to the southeast by Liberia and by Guinea to the north. Sierra Leone's land area is . It has a tropical climate and envi ...
facing the
Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions, with an area of about . It covers approximately 17% of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area. During the ...
and the estuary of
Sierra Leone River The Sierra Leone River is a river estuary on the Atlantic Ocean in Western Sierra Leone. It is formed by the Bankasoka River and Rokel River and is between 4 and 10 miles wide (6–16 km) and 25 miles (40 km) long. It holds the major po ...
. Its name is derived from the Bullom people who traditionally speak the Bullom language. It is the location of the Kaffu Bullom Chiefdom. Bullom means low-lying land, and the Bullom shore stretches from Leopold Island in the North West to Tagrin Point.


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{{reflist Regions of West Africa by country Geography of Sierra Leone