Kenema District
Kenema District is a district in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. Its capital and largest city is Kenema, which is the third most populous city in Sierra Leone, after Freetown and Bo. Tongo is the second most populous city in the district.Places of Interest
Highlights include Kenema Airport.
Kenema Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kenema Airport is an airport located in Kenema, the third largest of Sierra Leone. The airport is mostly used for domestic aircraft to the city. It is the largest and most important airport in Kenema District as well as one of the busiest airports in the country.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kenema.
Kenema
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kenema is a city in Sierra Leone. The 2021 national census lists a population of 255,110 making it the second most populous city in Sierra Leone after Freetown, and the largest city in the country's Eastern Province.
Kenema District
- Type: State with 610,000 residents
- Description: district in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone
- Categories: district of Sierra Leone and locality
- Location: Eastern Province, Sierra Leone, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
7.8871° or 7° 53′ 14″ northLongitude
-11.1888° or 11° 11′ 20″ westPopulation
610,000Elevation
600 metres (1,969 feet)Open location code
6CVCVRP6+RFOpenStreetMap ID
node 2992144239OpenStreetMap feature
place=stateGeoNames ID
2407781Wikidata ID
Q1738741
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Satellite Map
Discover Kenema District from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Kenema District” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ضاحية كنيما”
- Bulgarian: “Кенема”
- Bulgarian: “Окръг Кенема”
- Catalan: “Kenema”
- Cebuano: “Kenema District”
- Chinese: “凯内马区”
- Dutch: “Kenema”
- Finnish: “Keneman piirikunta”
- German: “Kenema”
- Greek: “Κενέμα”
- Indonesian: “Distrik kenema”
- Indonesian: “Distrik Kenema”
- Indonesian: “Distrik Kenemat”
- Italian: “Distretto di Kenema”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kenema”
- Norwegian: “Kenema”
- Polish: “Dystrykt Kenema”
- Portuguese: “Kenema”
- Russian: “Кенема”
- Spanish: “Distrito de kenema”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Kenema”
- Swedish: “Kenema”
- Ukrainian: “Кенема”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Government Reservation and Police Barracks.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include UBC church and St. Paul Cathedral Catholic Church.
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