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<h2 id="religion">Religion</h2> <p>The majority of the population of Yengema are <a href="/facts/Muslims/W2ukq4pg">Muslims</a> at about 70%; <a href="/facts/Christianity/nKyJHlqq">Christianity</a> accounts for a large minority of the town population at about 29%. Muslim and Christian people in the town live peacefully together. <a href="/facts/Religious_violence/vH59Mmo0">Religious violence</a> in the city is extremely rare. </p> <h2 id="sport">Sport</h2> <p>Like the rest of Sierra Leone, football is the most popular sport in the town of Yengema. The town does not have a major football club; however, the <a href="/facts/Diamond_Stars/64XXXog3">Diamond Stars</a> of Kono represent Yengema and the rest of the Kono District in the <a href="/facts/Sierra_Leone_National_Premier_League/no0IP9ms">Sierra Leone National Premier League</a>, the top football league in the country. </p> <h2 id="notable-people-from-yengema">Notable people from Yengema</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Sia_Koroma/7tEPPK0e">Sia Koroma</a>, <a href="/facts/First_lady/vPtBg1S3">First lady</a> of Sierra Leone</li></ul> <h2 id="bibliography">Bibliography</h2> <ul><li>Carleton S. Coon (1968). <i>Yengema Cave Report</i>. Philadelphia: University Museum (University of Pennsylvania).</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"World Gazetteer population calculation". Archived from the original on 2012-12-16. <a href="https://archive.today/20121216142937/http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=srcg&lng=en&des=wg&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&geo=0" target="_blank">https://archive.today/20121216142937/http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=srcg&lng=en&des=wg&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&geo=0</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Carleton Stevens Coon. "Excavations at Yengema Cave". The Penn Museum. Retrieved 25 April 2024. <a href="https://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/excavations-at-yengema-cave/" target="_blank">https://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/excavations-at-yengema-cave/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>