Gbap Explained

Official Name:Gbap
Pushpin Map:Sierra Leone
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Sierra Leone
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Sierra Leone
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Southern Province
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Bonthe District
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:GMT
Utc Offset:-5
Coordinates:7.3764°N -12.2617°W

Gbap is a small rural fishing town in Nongoba Bullom Chiefdom, Bonthe District, in the Southern Province of Sierra Leone. The Sherbro people mainly inhabit the town. Gbap is the traditional home of the Sherbro Family, descendants of an English slave trader and a Sherbro princess. It is also the birthplace of Patricia Kabbah (who is also one of the Sherbro and the niece of Peter L. Tucker, former First Lady of Sierra Leone and wife of Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, Sierra Leone's third President. The current paramount chief of Gbap Nongoba Bullom is Rugiatu Inatorma Sasay Bumpeh. Gbap is the cipital City of Nongoba Bullom Chiefdom.

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