Hastings
Hastings is a town in the Western Area Rural District of Sierra Leone. The town had a population of 15,054 and lies approximately 15 miles east of Freetown, the capital of the country. Hastings is twinned with Hastings, UK.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet with 5,120 residents
- Description: place in Western Area, Sierra Leone
- Also known as: “Hastings, Sierra Leone”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hastings Airport.
Hastings Airport
Aerodrome
Hastings Airport is an airport serving Freetown, the capital city of Sierra Leone.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Charlotte and Wellington.
Charlotte
Hamlet
Charlotte is a mountainous village in the Rural District in the Western Area of Sierra Leone. Charlotte is located about twenty miles outside Freetown, Sierra Leone's capital. Charlotte is situated 7 km northwest of Hastings.
Wellington
Suburb
Wellington is a residential neighborhood in the East End of Freetown, Sierra Leone. Wellington is densely populated, with an ethnically diverse population. Wellington is situated 8 km northwest of Hastings.
Benguema
Neighborhood
Benguema is a military town in the Rural District in the Western Area of Sierra Leone, about 30 miles east of Freetown. Benguema is home to the Benguema Military Academy, the largest Sierra Leone military recruit training center. Benguema is situated 10 km southeast of Hastings.
Hastings
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Western Area, Sierra Leone, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
8.38129° or 8° 22′ 53″ northLongitude
-13.13892° or 13° 8′ 20″ westPopulation
5,120Elevation
50 metres (164 feet)Open location code
6CW89VJ6+GCOpenStreetMap ID
node 3064385968OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
2408582Wikidata ID
Q5680244
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Hastings” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hastings”
- Dutch: “Hastings, Sierra Leone”
- Japanese: “ヘイスティングズ (シエラレオネ)”
- Japanese: “ヘイスティングズ”
- Romanian: “Hastings (Sierra Leone)”
- Romanian: “Hastings, sierra leone”
- Romanian: “Hastings, Sierra Leone”
- Swedish: “Hastings, Sierra Leone”
- Swedish: “Hastings”
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Localities in the Area
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