Chiefdom definition

Chiefdom means an autonomous, territorial, as well as socio-political unit headed by a paramount chief who is traditionally chosen from one of the ruling houses.
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Examples of Chiefdom in a sentence

  • Within the Chiefdom the level of development and poverty vary from community to community.

  • The Lease requires this to be split in accordance with the traditional approach of one-third being retained by the Chief Administrative Officer, one-third being paid over to the Chiefdom Council and one-third being paid over and to be shared between the traditional landowners on the Leased Area which has not been surrendered.

  • The Organization's main objective is to contribute to the sustained improvement of living conditions, stability and health of the population of four communities in Gbinleh Dixain Chiefdom in Kambia's district northern region of Sierra Leone.

  • The pilot program, implemented in 16 villages located in the Bum Chiefdom (Bonthe District), from 2013-2016, tested out this approach.

  • Country District Chiefdom Community Sierra Leone Kambia Gbinleh Dixain Mankneh Kalangba Makanie Salatoke The Chiefdoms selected for this project are amongst the least developed in terms of rural poverty.

  • Each update of the Closure Plan shall, among other things, provide for suitable reafforestation, agricultural and other projects within the Mining Area or in areas adjacent thereto within the same Chiefdom, with a view to replacing the agricultural productivity affected by the Company’s programme of mining operations.

  • The study region was in the Upper ▇▇▇▇▇ Chiefdom of the Moyamba District in Sierra Leone.

  • The Mamanieva Project was a proof-of-concept study being implemented by World Vision in two sections of World Vision’s Bum Chiefdom Area Development from April 2013 – November 2016.

  • The focus of the Kaddra-Farm Project is to contribute to a sustained improvement of living conditions, stability; and health in the rural population of 4 communities in the Gbinleh Dixain Chiefdom Kambia District.

  • In the rural area of the Upper ▇▇▇▇▇ Chiefdom in the Moyamba District in Sierra Leone, there are no existing studies or interventions at play to understand household WASH practices, socioeconomic risk factors and the morbidity of childhood diarrhea.

Related to Chiefdom

  • Chief Operating Officer means the Chief Operating Officer of the Corporation.

  • Chief Medical Officer means the chief medical officer under

  • CFO means an individual who acted as chief financial officer of the Company, or acted in a similar capacity, for any part of the most recently completed financial year;

  • Chief means the Chief of the Niagara Regional Police Service;

  • Chief Administrative Officer or “CAO” means the administrative head of a municipality as appointed by Council under clause 86(2)(c) of the Municipal Government Act.