Pepel

For the village in Albania, see Pepel, Albania.

Pepel is a coastal town in the Port Loko District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone.

Pepel
Pepel Location in Sierra Leone
Coordinates: 8°35′N 13°04′W
Country	Sierra Leone
province	Northern Province
District	Port Loko District
Elevation	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.

See also

• Railway stations in Sierra Leone
• Transport in Sierra Leone