Gbinti Explained

Official Name:Gbinti
Pushpin Map:Sierra Leone
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Sierra Leone
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Sierra Leone
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Northern Province
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Port Loko District
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:GMT
Utc Offset:-5
Coordinates:8.9667°N -48°W

Gbinti is a rural town in Dibia chiefdom[1], Port Loko District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. The town is the chieftaincy seat of Dibia chiefdom. Gbinti lies about 20 miles from the district capital Port Loko and approximately 52 miles east of Freetown.

The inhabitant of Gbinti are largely from the Temne ethnic group and many of the Temne people of Gbinti are partially of Fula descent, who had settled in the town as settlers over a hundred and fifty years ago. The Temne language is widely spoken in the town along with the Krio language.

The population of Gbinti is almost entirely Muslim.[2] . Gbinti has a number of primary school and one secondary school called the Gbinti Secondary School. There is one police station in the town run by the Sierra Leone Police Port Loko District Division.

Family Root

Gbinti is the homeland of the Bundu Family, the Wurie Family, the Jah Family, the Dalaba Sesay Family and the Dainkeh Family [3] .

Notable people born or descendant from Gbinti

External links

8.9667°N -48°W

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20110709223336/http://www.gbinti.org/
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20120425051245/http://www.hopesierraleone.org/Gbinti_Report_2__edited__22_Nov_2010.pdf
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20120329152100/http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/ethiopia/264/