Pujehun

Pujehun, Sierra Leone
Pujehun, Sierra Leone Location in Sierra Leone
Coordinates: 7°21′2″N 11°43′5″W / 7.35056°N 11.71806°W / 7.35056; -11.71806Coordinates: 7°21′2″N 11°43′5″W / 7.35056°N 11.71806°W / 7.35056; -11.71806
Country	Sierra Leone
Province	Southern Province
District	Pujehun District
Population  (current estimate[1])[citation needed]
• Total	20,121
Time zone	UTC-5 (GMT)

Pujehun is the capital of Pujehun District in the Southern Province. The current estimate of the population of Pujehun is 20,121 people.^{[citation needed]}

Pujehun is a rural town and is the commercial and administrative center of Pujehun District. Pujehun lies about 50 miles south of Bo, and about 200 miles -south-east of Freetown. The inhabitant of Pujehun are largely from the Mende ethnic group.

History[]

Pujehun was named after the powerful Mende warrior Nyagua, who was residing at the nearby village of Panguma. When Nyagua and his men went to battle, they used the site of the present village as their resting place. At that time There was a lot of pepper growing in the town, which the Mende call "puei." At any time they reached that area, they called it Pujehun.

Ethnicity[]

The majority of the population in Pujehun are from the Mende ethnic group.

References[]

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