Masiaka is a

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

Port Loko District Port Loko District is a district in the North West Province of Sierra Leone. It is the most populous district in the North and the second most populous district in Sierra Leone, after Western Area Urban District. As of the 2015 census, Port Loko ...

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 town is located 40

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(65 km) from

Freetown Freetown () is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Sierra Leone. It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean and is located in the Western Area of the country. Freetown is Sierra Leone's major urban, economic, financial, cultural, e ...

. It is one of the major towns in Northern Sierra Leone and is on the main

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linking Freetown to the

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{dead link, date=January 2018 , bot=InternetArchiveBot , fix-attempted=yes . The population of Masiaka was 3,600 in the 2004 census, largely from the Temne people, Temne ethnic group. The town has several

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and one

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called the Sierra Leone Islamic Federation Secondary Schoo

The town has a single

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called the Masiaka Police Station and is run by the Port Loko District division of the

Sierra Leone Police The Sierra Leone Police (SLP) is the national police force of the Republic of Sierra Leone. It is primarily responsible for law enforcement and crime investigation throughout Sierra Leone. The Sierra Leone Police is under the jurisdiction of ...

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http://www.thepatrioticvanguard.com/spip.php?article5828 Port Loko District Populated places in Sierra Leone