Gbinti
Gbinti is located in Sierra Leone
Gbinti
Gbinti
Location in Sierra Leone
Coordinates: 8°58′N 12°36′W / 8.967°N 12.600°W / 8.967; -12.600
Country Sierra Leone
ProvinceNorthern Province
DistrictPort Loko District
Time zoneUTC-5 (GMT)

Gbinti is a rural town in Dibia chiefdom , Port Loko District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. The town is the chieftaincy seat of Dibia chiefdom. Gbinti lies about 20 miles from the district capital Port Loko and approximately 52 miles east of Freetown.

The inhabitant of Gbinti are largely from the Temne ethnic group and many of the Temne people of Gbinti are partially of Fula descent, who had settled in the town as settlers over a hundred and fifty years ago. The Temne language is widely spoken in the town along with the Krio language.

The population of Gbinti is almost entirely Muslim.. Gbinti has a number of primary school and one secondary school called the Gbinti Secondary School. There is one police station in the town run by the Sierra Leone Police Port Loko District Division.

Family Root

Gbinti is the homeland of the Bundu Family, the Wurie Family, the Jah Family and the Dainkeh Family .

Notable people born or descendant from Gbinti

8°58′N 12°36′W / 8.967°N 12.600°W / 8.967; -12.600

References

    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.