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Daru, Sierra Leone

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35: 1205: 985: 103: 1014: 42: 224:. Home of late Hon. Maigore Kallon, former chairman of SLPP, former member of Parliament and former minister of Foreign affairs in the Kabba administration. One of the sons of Daru, Jawie, Maigore Kallon Jr, is also a community health officer, graduated from Njala University, from the school of community health sciences. 253:
The community has a typical monsoon climate type which is the same as the Southeastern region of the country. It experiences longer period of rainy season and high amount of rainfall. The dry season normally starts at November and ends in March whist the rest is considered wet season. This makes the
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The community was once surrounded with thick forested, but this forest had been replaced by palm-trees and farm bush over the years due to farming activities. Presently, the community is largely surrounded by palm-tree plantation owned by the Goldtree Plantation Ltd. Swamps and grassland comprised
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soil of the chiefdom or district very arable and fertile and allows the cultivation of many crops. It has a normal temperature of 26 °C and humility of 92%. Daru lies along the rain forest zone in the country.
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The chiefdom is known for a unique culture, Goldtree ltd. Is a palm tree company that produces palmoil and palm kernel oil also located in the chiefdom, very close to Daru.
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with a population of 5,958 (2010 estimate) Daru lies approximately 25 miles (40
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Daru was formerly the terminus of a now closed railway line from the capital.
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in Sierra Leone. The vast majority of the people in the town are from the
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Daru is located in Sierra Leone
07°59′31″N 10°50′26″W / 7.99194°N 10.84056°W / 7.99194; -10.84056

Sierra Leone
Province
Eastern Province
District
Kailahun
Chiefdom
Jawei

Time zone
UTC-5
Kailahun District
Eastern Province
Sierra Leone
kilometers
Kenema

military barracks
Mende
ethnic group
Steady Bongo
musicians
precipitation
relative humidity
dew point
sunshine hours
sunshine hours
NOAA

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