Daru, Sierra Leone

Daru[1] is a town in Kailahun District in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone with a population of 5,958 (2010 estimate)[2] Daru lies approximately 25 miles ( (40 kilometers) to Kenema

Daru
Daru
Location in Sierra Leone
Coordinates: 07°59′31″N 10°50′26″W
Country Sierra Leone
ProvinceEastern Province
DistrictKailahun
ChiefdomJawei
Population
 • Total5,958
 2010
Time zoneUTC-5 (GMT)

Daru is home to one of the largest military barracks in Sierra Leone. The vast majority of the people in the town are from the Mende ethnic group. Home of late Hon. Maigore Kallon, former chairman of SLPP, former member of Parliament and former minister of Foreign affairs in the Kabba administration. One of the sons of Daru, Jawie, Maigore Kallon Jr, is also a community health officer, graduated from Njala University, from the school of community health sciences.


Steady Bongo, one of the most popular Sierra Leonean musicians, was born and raised in Daru. And Samuel Swarray clinical officer at Medicine sans frontier is also an indigene of jawie.

The chiefdom is known for a very unique culture, Goldtree ltd. Is a palm tree company that produces palmoil and palm kernel oil also located in the chiefdom, very close to Daru.

Transport

Daru was formerly the terminus of a now closed railway line from the capital.

Climate

Daru has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) with moderate to little rainfall from December to February and heavy to very heavy rainfall from March to November.

Climate data for Daru
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 31.4
(88.5)		 33.8
(92.8)		 33.9
(93.0)		 33.2
(91.8)		 32.5
(90.5)		 31.0
(87.8)		 28.9
(84.0)		 28.3
(82.9)		 30.0
(86.0)		 31.0
(87.8)		 31.1
(88.0)		 30.6
(87.1)		 31.3
(88.3)
Daily mean °C (°F) 25.0
(77.0)		 26.8
(80.2)		 27.4
(81.3)		 27.3
(81.1)		 27.0
(80.6)		 26.3
(79.3)		 25.1
(77.2)		 24.7
(76.5)		 25.7
(78.3)		 26.1
(79.0)		 26.0
(78.8)		 25.2
(77.4)		 26.1
(78.9)
Average low °C (°F) 15.3
(59.5)		 19.9
(67.8)		 21.0
(69.8)		 21.5
(70.7)		 21.6
(70.9)		 21.6
(70.9)		 21.3
(70.3)		 21.2
(70.2)		 21.4
(70.5)		 21.2
(70.2)		 21.0
(69.8)		 19.9
(67.8)		 20.6
(69.0)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 12
(0.5)		 34
(1.3)		 91
(3.6)		 163
(6.4)		 241
(9.5)		 301
(11.9)		 333
(13.1)		 377
(14.8)		 391
(15.4)		 324
(12.8)		 173
(6.8)		 42
(1.7)		 2,482
(97.8)
Source: Climate-Data.org[3]

See also

Notes
  1. Daru (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  2. "Population of Daru".
  3. "Climate: Daru". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved August 5, 2020.


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