Masiaka is a town

Town

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 in Port Loko District

Port Loko District

Port Loko District is the most populous district in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone with a population of 489,488 Its capital is Port Loko and the largest city is Lunsar...

 in the Northern Province

Northern Province, Sierra Leone

The Northern Province is one of the four provincial divisions of Sierra Leone. It comprises five Districts and covers an area of 35,936 km² and with a population of 1,718,240 . Its administrative and economic center is Makeni...

 of Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone , officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea to the north and east, Liberia to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and southwest. Sierra Leone covers a total area of and has an estimated population between 5.4 and 6.4...

. The town is located 40 miles

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 (65 km) from Freetown

Freetown

Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone, a country in West Africa. It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean located in the Western Area of the country, and had a city proper population of 772,873 at the 2004 census. The city is the economic, financial, and cultural center of...

. It is one of the major towns in Northern Sierra Leone and is on the main highway

Highway

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 linking Freetown to the Provinces

Provinces of Sierra Leone

||Sierra Leone is divided into 3 provinces and one Western Area; the provinces are further divided into 12 districts, and the districts are further divided into chiefdoms.*Eastern Province*Northern Province*Southern Province*Western Area-See also:...

 http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/reliefweb_pdf/node-45489.pdf. The population of Masiaka was 3,600 in the 2004 census, largely from the Temne ethnic group.

The town has several primary schools and one secondary school

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 called the Sierra Leone Islamic Federation Secondary School http://www.thepatrioticvanguard.com/spip.php?article5828. The town has a single police station

Police station

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 called the Masiaka Police Station and is run by the Port Loko District division of the Sierra Leone Police

Sierra Leone Police

The Sierra Leone Police locally known as Salone Police is the national police force of the Republic of Sierra Leone, responsible for law enforcement and crime investigation throughout Sierra Leone...

http://allafrica.com/stories/200108080277.html.