Grafton, Sierra Leone

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Grafton, Sierra Leone
Grafton, Sierra Leone Location in Sierra Leone
Coordinates: 8°20′N 13°04′W / 8.333°N 13.067°W / 8.333; -13.067
Country	Sierra Leone
Region	Western Area
District	Western Area Rural District
Government
• Type	Town council
• Town Head	Charles Emmanuel Wallace [1]
Time zone	UTC-5 (GMT)

Grafton is a coastal town close to the peninsula, in the Western Area Rural District of Sierra Leone[2][3][4]. Grafton is a trade center and lies about twenty miles on the main highway to Freetown.

Grafton is a principle home of the Creole ethnic group, and the Creole people are by far the largest inhabitant of Grafton. The Krio language is the primary language of communication and the most widely spoken language in Grafton.

Although part of the larger Western Area Rural District Council, Grafton has its own locally directly elected Town Council, headed by a Town Head. The current Town Head of Grafton is Ekundayo Conteh[5]

External links[]

• http://news.sl/drwebsite/exec/view.cgi?archive=7&num=19419
• https://web.archive.org/web/20121026113630/http://www.sierraexpressmedia.com/archives/48992
• https://web.archive.org/web/20111224220109/http://victory.vwcblogs.com/archives/3637
• http://www.irinnews.org/Report/78853/SIERRA-LEONE-Sex-crimes-continue-in-peacetime