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The chiefdoms of Sierra Leone are the third-level units of administration in Sierra Leone. There are 190 chiefdoms in Sierra Leone, as of 2017. Previously, there were 149.[1]
Former 149 chiefdoms of Sierra Leone, before 2017
Contents
1History and organisation
2Eastern Province
2.1Kailahun District
2.2Kenema District
2.3Kono District
3Northern Province
3.1Bombali District
3.2Kambia District
3.3Koinadugu District
3.4Port Loko District
3.5Tonkolili District
4Southern Province
4.1Bo District
4.2Bonthe District
4.3Moyamba District
4.4Pujehun District
5See also
6References
7External links
History and organisation
The paramount chiefs and the ruling families in the chiefdoms were recognised and empowered by the British colonial administration when it organised the Protectorate of Sierra Leone in 1896.[2] Typically, chiefs have the power to "raise taxes, control the judicial system, and allocate land, the most important resource in rural areas."[3]
The hereditary paramount chiefs and their sub-chiefs were the sole local government in Sierra Leone until 2004, when the World Bank sponsored the creation of elected local councils. Local notables, known as the Tribal Authority, elect paramount chiefs for life from among the ruling families in each chieftaincy recognised by the British administration in 1896.[3]
Some chieftaincies have several ruling families, and the differences among them in terms of economic progress has been subject to study in 2013.[3] They found there was a positive relationship between the number of ruling families in a chieftaincy and educational, health and economic outcomes in terms of human capital.[4]
The districts of Sierra Leone were divided into 149 chiefdoms of chieftaincies until 2017, as listed below as of 2011.[2] Since 2017, they have been divided into 190 chiefdoms.[1]
^ abTristan Reed and James A. Robinson, The Chiefdoms of Sierra Leone, Scholar, Harvard University, 15 July 2013, Document available online, accessed 30 April 2014
^ abcDaron Acemoglu, Tristan Reed. and James A. Robinson. "Chiefs: Economic Development and Elite Control of Civil Society in Sierra Leone" Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine., Stanford University, 29 August 2013, accessed 30 April 2014
^Acemoglu et al. (2013), "Chiefs: Economic Development", p. 4
External links
Sierra Leone.org
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