Murray Town
Murray Town is a neighbourhood in the West End of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown. The Amputees and War Wounded Association is based here arising from the local camp for such people.- Type: Suburb
- Description: district of Freetown
- Also known as: “Murray Town, Sierra Leone”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sierra Leone Grammar School and National Stadium.
Sierra Leone Grammar School
School
The Sierra Leone Grammar School was founded on 25 March 1845 in Freetown, Sierra Leone, by the Church Mission Society, and at first was called the CMS Grammar School.
National Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Dorothy Voorhees, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Siaka Stevens National Stadium, commonly known informally as the National Stadium, is the national stadium of Sierra Leone, located in the capital city of Freetown.
National Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Sierra Leone National Museum, previously known as the Sierra Leone Museum and the Museum of the Sierra Leone Society, is the national museum of Sierra Leone. it is located at the junction of Siaka Stevens Street and Pademba Road in central Freetown. National Museum is situated 3½ km east of Murray Town.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Freetown and Wilberforce.
Freetown
Freetown is the capital city of Sierra Leone and is the heart of the Western region, with around a million inhabitants. It is on a peninsula on the south bank of the estuary of the Sierra Leone River.
Wilberforce
Suburb
Wilberforce is a neighborhood in the West End of Freetown, Sierra Leone. It is home to the Wilberforce military barracks, one of the largest in the country and the main barracks of the Sierra Leone military.
Aberdeen
Suburb
Aberdeen is a coastal neighborhood in the northwestern part of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown. It is home to numerous up-scale restaurants, hotels, nightclubs and other tourist facilities.
Murray Town
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Western Area, Sierra Leone, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
8.49161° or 8° 29′ 30″ northLongitude
-13.26534° or 13° 15′ 55″ westElevation
49 metres (161 feet)Open location code
6CW8FPRM+JVOpenStreetMap ID
node 370495828OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
“Murray Town” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Murray Town”
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