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Tokeh Also known as Tokeh Town is a coastal resort town along the peninsula in the Western Area Rural District of Sierra Leone. Tokeh lies approximately twenty miles east of Freetown() and near the neighborhood town of York. The major economic activity in Tokeh is fishing and tourism. Tokeh is home to a large resort of sand beaches known collectively as Tokeh Beach, which attract a large number of tourists to the town ()(). The Tokeh beach is one of the largest and most attractive beaches in West Africa. Tokeh is also known for its mountains, forests, resort hotels, and nearby Tokeh Island, an uninhabited island a short boat ride from Tokeh town. Tokeh is a predominantly Muslim town, and its people are ethnically diverse among Temne, Loko, Sherbro, Mandingo, Limba, Mende and Fula. ==History== The village of Tokeh was founded by a Sherbro fisherman named Pa Baw in the colonial era. Pa Baw settled along the river in Tokeh village. In 1968 beach land was acquired by Mr. Shakib Basma, a prominent Barrister in Sierra Leone. He joined with a French company and they started developing Africana Tokey Village. This resort grew to 400 rooms and employed up to 600 staff at its peak. The '80s were the hay days of this beautiful resort. And it kept functioning to the mid '90s when facilities were shut down and tourists were told to stop coming. The resort was left abandoned during the terrible war in SierraLeone. Although rebels never destroyed any of the properties slowly the hotel was looted and destroyed. In 2003 Issa Shakib Basma, son of shakib basma returned to Sierra Leone to revamp the properties and rebuild the resort. Tokeh Beach Resort started in 2011 with Tokeh Sands, an 18 room resort with restaurant and bar. Tokeh Palms, a 16-suite resort, was completed in 2013, expansions and development are still in progress. The Basma family have helped develop Tokeh village since the '60s. The church, mosque, community centre, school and dam for drinking water were all donated by Shakib Basma, expanding a village of approximately 80 people in the '60s to close to 6000 inhabitants today. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tokeh, Sierra Leone」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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