Districts of Sierra Leone

The provinces of Sierra Leone are divided into 14 districts. The Western Area is divided into two districts. Sierra Leone's capital Freetown is located in the Western Area of the country and its makes up the Western Area Urban District. One traditional leader from each district occupies a seat in Sierra Leone's parliament. Each one of Sierra Leone's fourteen administrative districts (with the exception of the Western Area Urban District) is governed by a directly elected district council headed by a council chairman. The national capital Freetown, which makes up the Western Area Urban District, is governed by a directly elected city council headed by a mayor.

The districts are further divided into a total of 149 chiefdoms, whose elected leaders provided most of local government from 1896 to 2004, when they were supplemented by elected local councils.

District	Province	Capital	Area (km2)	Population (2004 census)
Kailahun	Eastern	Kailahun	3,859	358,190
Kenema	Eastern	Kenema	6,053	497,948
Kono	Eastern	Sefadu	5,641	335,401
Bombali	Northern	Makeni	7,895	408,390
Kambia	Northern	Kambia	3,108	270,462
Koinadugu	Northern	Kabala	12,121	265,758
Port Loko	Northern	Port Loko	5,719	453,746
Tonkolili	Northern	Magburaka	7,003	347,197
Bo	Southern	Bo	5,219	463,668
Bonthe	Southern	Bonthe	3,468	139,687
Moyamba	Southern	Moyamba	6,902	260,910
Pujehun	Southern	Pujehun	4,105	228,392
Western Rural	Western	Waterloo	544	174,249
Western Urban	Western	Freetown	13	772,873

See also

• Subdivisions of Sierra Leone