Official Name: | Gerihun |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Sierra Leone |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Sierra Leone |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Southern Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Bo District |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Coordinates: | 7.4208°N -11.6786°W |
Gerihun is a small town in Bo District in southern Sierra Leone. In late April 1996, an attack on the town led its residents and the more than 20,000 inhabitants of a displaced camp in the vicinity to flee to Bo.[1]