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Freetown. / 8.48444°N 13.23444°W / 8.48444; -13.23444. 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, as it is the seat of ...
The Cotton Tree was a kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra) that was a historic symbol of Freetown, the capital city of Sierra Leone.The Cotton Tree gained importance in 1792 when a group of formerly enslaved African Americans, who had gained their freedom by fighting for the British during the American Revolutionary War, settled the site of modern Freetown.
Sierra Leone portal. v. t. e. The provinces of Sierra Leone are divided into 16 districts, as of July 2017. [1] [2] Previously, the country was divided into 14 districts. The Western Area is divided into two districts. Sierra Leone's capital Freetown is located in the Western Area of the country and its makes up the Western Area Urban District .
HDI (2017) 0.557 [1] medium · 1st. The Western Area Urban District is one of the 16 districts of Sierra Leone. It is by far the most populous district in the country with a population of 1,050,301 and is located in the Western Area of the country. The Western Area Urban District exclusively comprises the entire city of Freetown, the national ...
May 27, 2024 at 1:05 AM. FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — In Sierra Leone, a cheap, synthetic drug is ravaging youth. Trash-strewn alleys are lined with boys and young men slumped in addiction ...
The Western Area or Freetown Peninsula (formerly the Colony of Sierra Leone) is one of five principal divisions of Sierra Leone. It comprises the oldest city and national capital Freetown and its surrounding towns and countryside. It covers an area of 557 km 2 and has a population of 1,447,271. The Western Area is located mostly around the ...
Rawdon Methodist was established by African American settlers in Sierra Leone who are known in Freetown as the ' Nova Scotian Settlers '. The first minister at the church was Joseph Brown; George Carrol (Carral) and Isom Gordon assisted him with running the church. [1] Rawdon was supported built and supported by the Nova Scotians.
The origin of the Sierra Leone National Museum in Freetown dates back to before the country's independence. The Monuments and Relics Commission, chaired by the retired Creole doctor M. C. F. Easmon , was set up by a 1946 ordinance "to provide for the preservation of Ancient, Historical, and Natural Monuments, Relics, and other objects of ...