Yenga | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Yenga Location in Sierra Leone | |
| Coordinates: 8°29′57″N 10°19′53″W / 8.49917°N 10.33139°W | |
| Country |  Sierra Leone |
| Province | Eastern Province |
| District | Kailahun |
| Chiefdom | Kissi Teng |
| Government | |
| • Village Chief | Tamba Nyuma |
| Population (2012 estimate) | |
• Total | 100 |
| Time zone | UTC0 (GMT) |
Yenga[1] is a village in Kissi Teng Chiefdom, Kailahun District in the Eastern province of Sierra Leone. The village is at the international border between Sierra Leone and Guinea.
Yenga is located on a hill above the south side of the confluence of the Mafissia River and the Makona River (Moa River), where that river forms the border between the two countries.[2] The area is inhabited by the Kissi people.[3] In July 2012 Sierra Leone and Guinea declared the demilitarization of the Yenga area.[4][5] The large majority of the inhabitants of Yenga are members of the Kissi ethnic group.
- ^ Yenga (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ^ The Geographer, Office of the Geographer, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, United States Department of State (2 July 1973). Guinea — Sierra Leone Boundary (PDF). International Boundary Study, No. 136. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 September 2003.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Gberie, Lansana (3 September 2009). "The Guinea–Sierra Leone border dispute: Time for ECOWAS to intervene". Pambazuka News.
- ^ "Sierra Leone: Guinea, Sierra Leone Demilitarize Yenga". All Africa. 28 July 2012.
- ^ "Guinea-Sierra Leone 'deal' to end Yenga dispute". BBC News. 2 August 2012.