Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone. It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean and is located in the Western Area of the country. Freetown is Sierra Leone's major urban, economic, financial, cultural, educational and political centre.
Population: 802,639
Latitude: 8° 29' 2.40" N
Longitude: -13° 13' 47.78" W
Sierra Leone (/sɪˈɛərə lɪˈoʊni, -lɪˈoʊn/), officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea in the north-east, Liberia in the south-east, and the Atlantic Ocean in the south-west. Sierra Leone has a trop…
Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone. It is a major port city in the Atlantic Ocean and is located in the Western Area of the country. Freetown is Sierra Leone's major urban, economic, financial, cultural, educational and politic…
Freetown-Lungi International Airport (IATA: FNA, ICAO: GFLL) is an international airport located in the coastal town of Lungi, Sierra Leone. It serves as the primary airport for domestic and international travel to and from Sierra Leone. The Sierra …
Fourah Bay College is a public university in the neighborhood of Mount Aureol in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Bunce Island (also spelled "Bence," "Bense," or "Bance" at different periods) is the site of an 18th-century British slave castle, or trading site, located in the Sierra Leone River in the present-day Republic of Sierra Leone in West Africa.
The Western Area or Freetown Peninsula (formerly the Colony of Sierra Leone) is one of four principal divisions of Sierra Leone. It comprises the oldest city and national capital Freetown and its surrounding towns and countryside.
The University of Sierra Leone is the name of the former unitary public university system in Sierra Leone, which, as of May 2005, was reconstituted into the individual colleges of Fourah Bay College (FBC), Institute of Public Administration and Mana…
Waterloo is a city in the Western Area of Sierra Leone and the capital of the Western Area Rural District. The city is the second largest in the Western Area (after Freetown) and lies approximately 20 miles (by road) east of Freetown [4]. The city h…
Brookfields National Stadium is a multi-use national stadium of Sierra Leone, located in the capital city of Freetown. It is used mostly for football matches and it also has athletics facilities. It is the largest stadium in Sierra Leone and has a 4…
Pepel is a coastal town in the Port Loko District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone.
Queen Elizabeth II Quay, also known as QE II Quay /ˌkjuː.iːˈtuːkiː/ and by residents as the Deep Water Quay, is a locality in Freetown, Sierra Leone. It is located on a promontory called Fourah Point (also known variously as Farran Point, Farren Poi…
Freetown Central Prison commonly known as Pademba Road Prison is a prison on Pademba Road in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The prison was built to house 220 prisoners in the pre-independence era and now holds around 1,000 prisoners.
Connaught Hospital is a hospital located in Sierra Leone.
Kissy (formerly Waterloo refugee camp) is a poor neighborhood on the eastern end of the Sierra Leonean capital of Freetown. It is also home to numerous health services, including a United Methodist Church Health and Maternity ward as well as a menta…
Aberdeen is a coastal neighborhood in Sierra Leone's capital of Freetown.
Western Area Forest Reserve, also known as the Western Area Peninsula Forest Reserve, is a non-hunting forest reserve in Sierra Leone. The area became a forest reserve in 1916 and has an area of 17,688 hectares (68.29 sq mi). It was demarcated by Ch…
Murray Town is an upscale neighborhood in Sierra Leone's capital of Freetown. It is home to a camp for the War Wounded and Amputeed population and the Amputees and War Wounded Association. It is also home to the Sierra Leone Grammar School.
Hastings is a town in the Rural District in the Western Area of Sierra Leone. The town had a population of 15,054 (2004 census) and lies approximately 15 miles east of Freetown.