The three districts of Kambia, Karene and Port Loko make up the North Western Province of Sierra Leone.

The administrative capital of the North West province is Port Loko.

The North Western Province has the following borders: The main economic activities in the North West province is farming, livestock, fishing and natural resources, including rutile, gold, aluminium, bauxite and diamond.

The Temne people is by far the largest single ethnic group in the North West, especially in Port Loko and Karine Districts where the Temne is a large majority.

The Temne also form the single largest ethnic group, though short of majority, in Kambia District in the North West.