Pepel | |
|---|---|
  Pepel Location in Sierra Leone | |
| Coordinates: 8°35′N 13°04′W / 8.583°N 13.067°W | |
| Country |  Sierra Leone |
| province | Northern Province |
| District | Port Loko District |
| Elevation | 3 ft (1 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (GMT) |
Pepel is a coastal town in the Port Loko District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone.
Pepel has a port in the Sierra Leone River used for shipping bulk iron ore via the mining company African Minerals.[1]
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.
