West Africa
Sierra Leone
Eastern Province

Yengema

Yengema is a town in the of in the of , lying approximately 6 miles west of , and about 142 miles east of .
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  • Type: Town
  • Description: town in Kono District in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone
  • Also known as: “Yengama”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yengema Airport.

Aerodrome
is a regional airport located in Yengema, , . It is the only airport that serves Kono District. It is one of the busiest airports in the country, due to the present of large diamond mining companies in Kono District.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tongoma and Koidu.

Village
Tongo, also known as , is a diamond mining town and the second largest city in , located in the of . is situated 5 km north of Yengema.

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Town is the capital and largest city of the in the of . Its population is 128,030 based on the 2015 census.

Yengema

Latitude
8.61883° or 8° 37′ 8″ north
Longitude
-11.04452° or 11° 2′ 40″ west
Elevation
395 metres (1,296 feet)
Open location code
6CWCJX94+G5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 859709020
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2402817
Wiki­data ID
Q1000327
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Urdu—“Yengema” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Yengema”
  • Dutch: “Yengema”
  • French: “Yengema”
  • German: “Yengema”
  • Japanese: “イェンゲマ”
  • Polish: “Yengema”
  • Portuguese: “Yengema”
  • Russian: “Енгема”
  • Turkish: “Yengema”
  • Urdu: “ینگما”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Yengema”. Photo: Brian Harrington Spier, CC BY-SA 2.0.