Congo
Congo is a stream in Western Area, Sierra Leone. Congo is situated nearby to the suburb Kingtom, as well as near the locality Madongo Town.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include National Stadium and National Museum.
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.
Cotton Tree
Photo: Chtrede, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
The Cotton Tree is a kapok tree that is a historic symbol of Freetown, the capital city of Sierra Leone. The Cotton Tree gained importance in 1792 when a group of formerly enslaved African Americans, who had gained their freedom by fighting for the British during the American Revolutionary War, settled the site of modern Freetown.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Murray Town and Wilberforce.
Murray Town
Suburb
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.
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.
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.
Congo
- Type: Stream
- Also known as: “Congo River”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Western Area, Sierra Leone, West Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
8.48548° or 8° 29′ 8″ northLongitude
-13.2514° or 13° 15′ 5″ westElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
6CW8FPPX+5CGeoNames ID
2409732
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