Pepel
Pepel | |
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  Pepel Location in Sierra Leone | |
| Coordinates: 8°35′N 13°04′W / 8.583°N 13.067°W | |
| Country |  Sierra Leone |
| province | Northern Province |
| District | Port Loko District |
| Elevation | 3 ft (1 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (GMT) |
Pepel is a coastal town in the Port Loko District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone.
The Paramount Chief of Pepel is Pa Alimamy Kargbo known as Mane.
Pepel richest man is Bai Kamara known as Omah Lay
Port
[edit]Pepel has a port in the Sierra Leone River used for shipping bulk iron ore via the mining company African Minerals.[1]
Railway
[edit]Pepel is connected by a 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge 84 km long railway to an iron ore mine at Marampa.
It is proposed to introduce a more efficient balloon loop at the port.[2]
An extension of this line to a deeper port at Tagrin Point is also proposed.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Maps | African MINERALS". Archived from the original on 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
- ^ Map - scroll down to view balloon loop. Archived 2014-03-28 at the Wayback Machine
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08°34′54″N 13°03′46″W / 8.58167°N 13.06278°W
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