James Spriggs Payne Airport is an airport located 5 kilometres from downtown Monrovia, the capital of the Republic of Liberia in West Africa. The airfield is located within the busy and thickly settled Sinkor section of the city, and is therefore convenient to the business and political districts of the capital. Spriggs Payne Airport is situated 2½ miles northwest of Congo Town.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Paynesville and Sinkor.

Paynesville

Suburb

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Monrovia is the capital, and with a population of around 1.6 million, also the largest city in Liberia. The city center is the image of a tropical capital, melting in the hot sun. Paynesville is situated 1½ miles east of Congo Town.

Sinkor

Suburb

Sinkor is a section of the Monrovia metropolitan area in Liberia. The United Nations Mission in Liberia has its headquarters in Sinkor. Embassies, health facilities, and educational institutions, and non-governmental organizations are also in Sinkor. Sinkor is situated 3½ miles northwest of Congo Town.

Chocolate City

Hamlet

Chocolate City is a central-northern suburb of Monrovia, the administrative capital and largest city in Liberia. It is located in the New Georgia Township. Chocolate City is situated 4½ miles north of Congo Town.

Congo Town

Type: Suburb
Category: locality
Location: Montserrado County, Liberia, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude

6.26866° or 6° 16′ 7″ north

Longitude

-10.73326° or 10° 43′ 60″ west

Elevation

46 feet (14 metres)

Open location code

6CRF7798+FM

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2936158215

OpenStreetMap feature

place=suburb

GeoNames ID

2277983

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