Eastern Province, Sierra Leone
The Eastern Province (Krio: Istan Prɔvins) is one of the four provinces of Sierra Leone. It covers an area of 15,736 km2 and has a population of 1,943,610 (2021 census). Its capital and administrative centre is Kenema. Eastern Province, the centre of the country's diamond mining industry, is very mountainous and has two ranges, the Gola Hills and the Loma Mountains.