| Official Name: | Saul PonBureh Town, Sierra Leone |
| Pushpin Map: | Sierra Leone |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Sierra Leone |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Sierra Leone |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Western Area |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Western Area Rural District |
| Government Type: | Town Council |
| Leader Title: | Town Head |
| Leader Name: | Micheal Tucker http://www.sierraexpressmedia.com/?p=59519 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Timezone: | GMT |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Coordinates: | 8.3333°N -17°W |
Bureh Town is a small resort town in the Rural District in the Western Area of Sierra Leone. Bureh Town is located around the Sierra Leone peninsular; and is home to the Bureh Beach, one of the main tourists attracting centers in Sierra Leone https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g293832-d1107793-r175410715-Bureh_Beach-Sierra_Leone.html#photos;geo=293832&detail=1107793&ff=61741101&albumViewMode=hero&albumid=103&baseMediaId=61741101&thumbnailMinWidth=50&cnt=30&offset=-1&filter=2http://www.surfingsalone.com/bbsc/[h http://www.surfingsalone.com/]. Bureh Town is home to the Bureh Beach surf club, the only surf club center in Sierra Leone. http://www.surfingsalone.com/bbsc/. The town is named after Bai Bureh, a Sierra Leonean pro independent leader, who lead the Hut Tax War of 1898 in Northern Sierra Leone against the British administration of Sierra Leone.
The main economic activities in Bureh Town is tourism, fishing and trading. Bureh Town is home to several different ethnic groups, although the Sherbro are the largest ethnic group in the town, followed by the Temne people. Bureh Town was founded by the Sherbro people, and the town still has a large significant Sherbro population at present. Bureh Town is home to a large population of Christians and Muslims. Like the rest of Sierra Leone, the two main religions peacefully interact and get along very well in Bureh Town. Like many parts of Sierra Leone, the Krio language is the main language widely spoken in Bureh Town.
Although part of the larger Western Area Rural District Government, Bureh Town has its own small town-council local government, headed by a Town Head. The current Town Head of Bureh Town is Michael Tucker, who was elected in the 2013 Bureh Town local election http://www.sierraexpressmedia.com/?p=59519