Southern Province, Sierra Leone

Southern Province
Southern Province
Province
Country	Sierra Leone
Capital	Bo
Area
• Total	19,694 km2 (7,604 sq mi)
Population (2015 census)
• Total	1,438,572
• Density	73/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)

The Southern Province is one of the four provinces of Sierra Leone. It covers an area of 19,694 km² and has a population of 1,438,572 (2015 census). It consists of four districts (Bo, Bonthe, Moyamba, and Pujehun). Its capital and administrative center is Bo, which is also the second largest and second most populated city in Sierra Leone after the nation's capital Freetown. The population of the southern province is largely from the Mende ethnic group.

Geography

Districts

The province is divided into 4 districts.

Borders

Southern Province has the following borders:

Western Area: far northwest
North West Province: northwest
Northern Province: northeast
Eastern Province: east
Grand Cape Mount County, Liberia: southeast

To the south and west of Southern Province is the Atlantic Ocean.

Ecology

Sierra Leone's last remaining stand of rainforest is at Gola.^[1]

Religion

Religion in Southern Province (2015)^[2]^{[full citation needed]}
Religion			Percent(%)
Islam			79.9%
Christianity			19.2%
Baháʼí			0.0%
Traditional African religions			0.0%
Other			0.6%
No Religion			0.3%

References

^ Manson, Katrina & Knight, James (2012). Sierra Leone (second ed.). Chalfont St. Peter, Buckinghamshire, England: Brandt. p. 259. ISBN 978-1-84162-412-9.
^ "Population Structure And Population Distribution" (PDF). sierraleone.unfpa.org. 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 November 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2023.