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