Gbendembu Ngowahun is a
chiefdom
A chiefdom is a political organization of people representation (politics), represented or government, governed by a tribal chief, chief. Chiefdoms have been discussed, depending on their scope, as a stateless society, stateless, state (polity) ...
of
Bombali District
Bombali is a district in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. Its capital and largest city is Makeni, which is also the largest city in the north. The Bombali district is one of the sixteen districts of Sierra Leone. Bombali is one of the lar ...
in the
Northern Province of
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 ...
. The principal towns are
Gbendembu
Gbendembu is the chiefdom seat town in the Gbendembu Ngowahun Chiefdom (an amalgamated Chiefdom), in the Bombali District, Northern Province, Sierra Leone, Northern Province of Sierra Leone. It is located about 30 miles north west of Makeni, Sier ...
and
Kalangba
Kalangba (; ) is a rural village in Bombali District, Northern Province, Sierra Leone."Kalangba, now a small village in central Sierra Leone of approximately 3,000 inhabitants." It is the headquarters for Ngowahun Chiefdom. It is situated about ...
.
As of 2004 the chiefdom has a population of 29,971.
References
Chiefdoms of Sierra Leone
Northern Province, Sierra Leone
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