Western Area Rural

Western Area Rural
Western Area Rural
Lage
Basisdaten
Staat Sierra Leone
Provinz Western
Sitz FreetownVorlage:Infobox Verwaltungseinheit/Wartung/Sonstiges
Fläche 544 km²
Einwohner 164.024 (Zensus 2004)
Dichte 301,5 Einwohner pro km²
ISO 3166-2 SL-W

Der Distrikt Western Area Rural in Sierra Leone bildet zusammen mit dem Distrikt Western Area Urban die Western Area. Gemäß der letzten Volkszählung lebten 2004 164.024 Einwohner in diesem Distrikt.[1] Die Landeshauptstadt Freetown ist Distriktshauptstadt, obschon die Western Area Rural selbst nicht auf Stadtgebiet, sondern in dessen Umland liegt. Die bevölkerungsreichste Stadt ist Waterloo. Der Distrikt ist in 4 Chiefdoms (Häuptlingstümer) eingeteilt.[1]

2004/2005 gab es 140 Primar- und 15 Sekundarschulen.[2] Die Alphabetisierungsrate lag 2004 bei 52 % (63 % der Männer und 42 % der Frauen) und damit über dem Landesdurchschnitt. 48,6 % der Kinder besuchten eine Schule.[3]

Quellen

  1. a b Statistics Sierra Leone: Final Results, 2004 Population and Housing Census, 2006, S. 2f. (engl., PDF)
  2. Statistics Sierra Leone: Annual Statistical Digest 2005/06, 2008, S. 50, 52 (engl., PDF)
  3. Albert C. T. Dupigny, Ibrahim G. Kargbo, Alimamy Yallancy: Republic of Sierra Leone, 2004 Population and Housing Census. Analytical Report on Education and Literacy, 2006, S. 16, 22 (engl., PDF)

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