Bumpe
Bumpe is a small town in Bo District in the Southern Province of Sierra Leone. As of 2013 it had an estimated population of 16,123. The town is located south-west of Bo.
The town is also known as Bompeh, and both names are applied to a local river. Sir Samuel Rowe, the British Colonial Governor, visited the area in 1880.
Pan Pacific Investments Corporation (SL) Limited has a license to mine for diamonds in Bompeh.
See also
References
- ^ "Bumpeh". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 2013-02-09. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
- ^ "Three maps, comprising four items (of territory now in SierraLeone)". The National Archive (UK).
- ^ "Industrial Mining Activity in Sierra leone" (PDF). Ministry of Mines & Mineral Resources, Sierra Leone. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-02-02.
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