Northern Province, Sierra Leone

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Northern Province Nɔtan Prɔvins
Province
Coordinates: 9°15′N 11°45′W / 9.250°N 11.750°W / 9.250; -11.750
Country	Sierra Leone
Capital	Makeni
Area
• Total	22,538 km2 (8,702 sq mi)
Population  (2021 census)
• Total	1,316,831
• Density	58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
ISO 3166 code	SL-N

The Northern Province (Krio: Nɔtan Prɔvins) (commonly referred to as Northern Sierra Leone or simply the North) is one of the five provincial divisions of Sierra Leone. It is located in the Northern geographic region of Sierra Leone. It comprises the following four Districts: Bombali, Falaba, Koinadugu and Tonkolili. The Northern Province has been divided into two Provinces Northwestern Province and Northern Province, today Northern Province covers an area of 22,538 km² (8,702 sq mi) with a population of 1,316,831, based on the 2021 Sierra Leone national census.Its is by far the largest Province of Sierra-Leone and also the least densely Province of the country^[1] Its administrative and economic center is Makeni. The North borders the North West Province to the West, the Republic of Guinea to the north-east, the Eastern Province and Southern Province to the south-east.