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Gbendembu
Country	Sierra Leone
Province	Northern Province
District	Bombali District
Chiefdom	Gbendembu Ngowahun
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

Gbendembu is the chiefdom seat town in the Gbendembu Ngowahun Chiefdom (an amalgamated Chiefdom), in the Bombali District, Northern Province of Sierra Leone. It is located about 30 miles north west of Makeni, Sierra Leone's Northern provincial city. Gbendembu is a multicultural settlement with significant number of Loko, Temne, Fula and Mandingo. The natives of Gbendembu are the Loko community, the fifth largest ethnic group in Sierra Leone, who are believed to have originated from Liberia.

v t e Chiefdoms and towns of Bombali District
District capital	Makeni
Chiefdoms	Biriwa Bombali Shebora Gbanti Kamaranka Gbendembu Ngowahun Libeisaygahun Magbaiamba Ndowahun Makari Gbanti Paki Massabong Safroko Limba Sanda Loko Sanda Tenraren Sella Limba Tambakha
Towns	Batkanu Binkolo Fintonia Hunduwa Kalangba Kamabai Kamakwie Kamalo Kamaranka Makeni Mapaki Masongbon Mateboi

9°20′N 12°06′W / 9.333°N 12.100°W / 9.333; -12.100

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