Western Area
The Western Area or Freetown Peninsula is one of five principal divisions of Sierra Leone. It comprises the oldest city and national capital Freetown and its surrounding towns and countryside.
- Province of Sierra Leone with 1,270,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 352 metres (1,155 feet)
- Description: division of Sierra Leone
Places of Interest
Highlights include Western Area Peninsula National Park and Hastings Airport.
Western Area Peninsula National Park
Nature reserve
Western Area Peninsula National Park is a protected area in Sierra Leone. Western Area Peninsula National Park is situated 6 km west of Western Area.
Hastings Airport
Aerodrome
Hastings Airport is an airport situated in Hastings… Hastings Airport is situated 7 km north of Western Area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Benguema and Kerry Town.
Benguema
Neighborhood
Benguema is a military town in the Rural District… Benguema is situated 5 km east of Western Area.
Kerry Town
Village
Kerry Town is a village in the Rural District in the… Kerry Town is situated 8 km southeast of Western Area.
Western Area
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Latitude
8.3333° or 8° 20′ north
Longitude
-13.1167° or 13° 7′ west
Open location code
6CW88VMM+88
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Western Armenian—“Western Area” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ምዕራባዊ 地域”
- Arabic: “المحافظة الغربية”
- Arabic: “المقاطعة الغربية”
- Azerbaijani: “Qərb Bölgəsi”
- Belarusian: “Заходняя вобласць, Сьера-Леонэ”
- Belarusian: “Заходняя вобласць”
- Bengali: “পশ্চিমাঞ্চল, সিয়েরা লিওন”
- Bengali: “পশ্চিমাঞ্চল”
- Bulgarian: “Западна област”
- Catalan: “Àrea Occidental”
- Catalan: “Western Area”
- Catalan: “Zona de l’Oest”
- Cebuano: “Western Area”
- Chinese: “西部区”
- Chinese: “西部區”
- Croatian: “Zapadna zona”
- Croatian: “Zapadno područje”
- Danish: “Vestområdet”
- Danish: “Western Area”
- Dutch: “Western”
- Esperanto: “Okcidenta Areo”
- Estonian: “Läänepiirkond”
- Finnish: “Läntinen alue”
- French: “Zone de l’Ouest”
- German: “SL-W”
- German: “Western Area”
- German: “Western”
- Greek: “Δυτική Περιφέρεια, Σιέρα Λεόνε”
- Greek: “Δυτική Περιφέρεια”
- Gujarati: “વેસ્ટર્ન એરિયા”
- Hausa: “Yankunan Yamma”
- Hindi: “पश्चिमी क्षेत्र”
- Indonesian: “Daerah Barat, Sierra Leone”
- Indonesian: “Wilayah Barat”
- Italian: “Area occidentale della Sierra Leone”
- Italian: “Area Occidentale della Sierra Leone”
- Italian: “Area Occidentale”
- Japanese: “西部地域”
- Javanese: “Wilayah Barat”
- Kannada: “ಪಾಶ್ಚಾತ್ಯ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
- Kazakh: “Батыс аймағы”
- Kirghiz: “Батыш аймак”
- Korean: “서부구”
- Latvian: “Rietumu apgabals”
- Lithuanian: “Vakarų sritis”
- Malay: “Western Area”
- Marathi: “वेस्टर्न रिजन”
- Northern Frisian: “Western Area (Prowins uun Sierra Leone)”
- Northern Frisian: “Western Area”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vestern”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Western”
- Norwegian: “Western”
- Oromo: “Naannoo Lixa”
- Panjabi: “ਪੱਛਮੀ ਖੇਤਰ”
- Persian: “ناحیه غربی”
- Polish: “Obszar Zachodni”
- Portuguese: “Área do Oeste”
- Portuguese: “Western Area”
- Portuguese: “Western”
- Pushto: “لویدیځ سیمه”
- Romanian: “Provincia Western, Sierra Leone”
- Romanian: “Zona de Vest, Sierra Leone”
- Romanian: “Zona de Vest”
- Russian: “Западная область”
- Sinhala: “බටහිර ප්රදේශය, සියෙරා ලියෝන්”
- Sinhala: “බටහිර ප්රදේශය”
- Slovenian: “Western Area”
- Slovenian: “Zahodno območje”
- Somali: “Gobolka Galbeed”
- Spanish: “Area Occidental”
- Spanish: “Área Occidental”
- Swahili: “Kanda la Magharibi”
- Swedish: “Freetown Peninsula”
- Swedish: “Western Area”
- Tajik: “Минтақаи Ғарб”
- Tamil: “மேற்கு ஏரியா”
- Tatar: “Көнбатыш әйләте”
- Tatar: “Көнбатыш өлкәсе”
- Telugu: “పశ్చిమ ప్రాంతం”
- Thai: “เวสเทิร์น เอเรีย”
- Turkish: “Western Area”
- Ukrainian: “Західна область”
- Ukrainian: “Західна територія”
- Urdu: “مغربی ریجن”
- Urdu: “مغربی علاقہ”
- Uzbek: “Gʻarbiy hudud”
- Vietnamese: “Khu vực Phía Tây”
- Western Armenian: “Արեւմտեան նահանգ”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mount Horton and Sierra Leone Peninsula.
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