Pepel
Place in North West Province, Sierra Leone
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Pepel is a coastal town in the Port Loko District in the North West Province of Sierra Leone.
Pepel | |
|---|---|
  Pepel Location in Sierra Leone | |
| Coordinates: 8°35′N 13°04′W | |
| Country |  Sierra Leone |
| province | North West Province |
| District | Port Loko District |
| Government | |
| • Type | Democracy |
| • Regent | Alfred Eliazah Appertey |
| Elevation | 3.3 ft (1 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (GMT) |
Port
Pepel has a port in the Sierra Leone River used for shipping bulk iron ore via the mining company African Minerals.[1]
Railway
Pepel is connected by a 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge 84 km long railway to an iron ore mine at Marampa.
It is proposed to introduce a more efficient balloon loop at the port.[2]
An extension of this line to a deeper port at Tagrin Point is also proposed.
