Northern Province, Sierra Leone

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Northern Province
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	35,936 km2 (13,875 sq mi)
Population  (2015 census)
• Total	2,502,865
• Density	70/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
ISO 3166 code	SL-N

The Northern Province (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 covers an area of 35,936 km² (13,875 sq mi) with a population of 2,502,865, based on the 2015 Sierra Leone national census.^[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.