Magbass Explained

Magbass, 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:Province
Subdivision Name1:Northern Province
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Tonkolili District
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:GMT
Utc Offset:-5
Coordinates:8.7169°N -11.9433°W

Magbass Is a farming town in Tonkolili District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. Magbass is located about 55 miles from Freetown. The town is home to the 1,280 hectare Magbass Sugar Complex, one of the largest sugar producing plantation in West Africa http://www.afdevinfo.com/htmlreports/org/org_66297.html. The factory provides employment for a number of people within Tonkolili District and across Sierra Leone http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=63898223. The sugar complex was constructed between 1977 and 1982 by China's Complant as a turnkey project. Chinese management ran the complex from 1982 until 1996, when the Sierra Leone Civil War rendered operations impossible.[1]

Notes and References

  1. “In the North, There Is Only Magbass.” The Dragon's Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa, by Deborah Brautigam, Oxford University Press, 2011, pp. 259–260.