Loko
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Loko may refer to:
- Port LokoPort LokoPort Loko is the capital and second largest city of Port Loko District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. The city lies about , as the crow flies, north-east of the nation's capital Freetown and had a population of 21,961 in the 2004 census Port Loko lies on Banka Soka River, which flows...
, Sierra Leone, Africa - Loko peopleLoko peopleThe Loko are one of the indigenous ethnic groups in Sierra Leone. They speak a Mande language that is also called Loko. The majority of the Loko people live in or around the capital city of Freetown and in the Northern Province of the country, particularly in Port Loko District. The Loko were among...
, a people of Sierra Leone - Loko languageLoko languageThe Loko language is a Mande language spoken in Sierra Leone by the Loko people, who live primarily in the Northern Province.-External links:* from Ethnologue...
, a language of Sierra Leone - Loco (loa)Loco (loa)In the Voodoo religion, Loco is a loa, patron of healers and plants, especially trees. He is a racine , and a Rada Loa. Among several other Loa he is linked with the poteau mitan or centrepost in a Vodou peristyle....
or Loko, a figure in Haitian Vodou belief - Loko, a goddess in Dahomey mythologyDahomey mythologyThe Dahomey are a nation located in Benin, Africa. The mythology of the Dahomey includes an entire pantheon of thunder gods; for example,*Xevioso is the god of thunder in the So region....
- Lokomotiv (disambiguation), several sport clubs sometimes abbreviated as Loko
- Loko, EstoniaLoko, EstoniaLoko is a village in Ahja Parish, Põlva County in southeastern Estonia....
, village in Ahja Parish, Tartu County, Estonia - Loko, NasarawaLoko, NasarawaLoko is a town in Nasarawa Local Government Area of Nasarawa State in the middle belt region or North central zone of Nigeria.It is found along the River Benue bank....
,Town in Nasarawa StateNasarawa StateNasarawa State is a state in central Nigeria. Its capital is Lafia.-History:Nasarawa was created on 1 October 1996 by the Abacha government from the Plateau State.-Geography:...
, NigeriaNigeriaNigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
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