West Africa
Sierra Leone
Southern Province

Njala

Njala is a town in in the , . It is 200 km east of and is home to Njala University, the second largest university in Sierra Leone, after Fourah Bay College.
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  • Type: Town with 40,000 residents
  • Description: place in Southern Province, Sierra Leone
  • Also known as: “Njala, Moyamba” and “Njale”

Njala

Latitude
8.11362° or 8° 6′ 49″ north
Longitude
-12.07405° or 12° 4′ 27″ west
Population
40,000
Elevation
67 metres (220 feet)
Open location code
6CW94W7G+C9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1871034824
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2404837
Wiki­data ID
Q11792572
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Swahili—“Njala” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Njala, Moyamba”
  • Finnish: “Njala”
  • German: “Njala”
  • Polish: “Njala”
  • Portuguese: “Njala”
  • Swahili: “Njala, Sierra Leone”

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