Bonthe District
Bonthe District is a district that comprises several islands and mainland of the Atlantic Ocean in the Southern Province of Sierra Leone. Bonthe is one of the sixteen districts of Sierra Leone.Places of Interest
Highlights include Sherbro International Airport.
Sherbro International Airport
Aerodrome
Sherbro International Airport was an international airport located outside the town of Bonthe on Sherbro Island, Sierra Leone. The airport is reported closed since around 2002, possibly in connection with the Sierra Leone Civil War.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bonthe.
Bonthe
Bonthe is a coastal town located on Sherbro Island in Bonthe District in the southern Province of Sierra Leone. The town lies on the eastern shore of Sherbro Island, on the Sherbro River estuary.Bonthe District
- Type: State with 298,000 residents
- Description: district in the Southern Province of Sierra Leone
- Categories: district of Sierra Leone and locality
- Location: Southern Province, Sierra Leone, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
7.5293° or 7° 31′ 45″ north
Longitude
-12.5132° or 12° 30′ 48″ west
Population
298,000
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
Open location code
6CV9GFHP+PP
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=state
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Bonthe District” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ضاحية بونثيه”
- Bulgarian: “Бонте (окръг)”
- Bulgarian: “Бонте”
- Catalan: “Bonthe”
- Cebuano: “Bonthe District”
- Chinese: “邦特区”
- Dutch: “Bonthe”
- Finnish: “Bonthen piirikunta”
- French: “District de Bonthe”
- German: “Bonthe”
- Greek: “Μπόντε”
- Hausa: “Gundumar Bonthe”
- Indonesian: “Distrik bonthe”
- Indonesian: “Distrik Bonthe”
- Italian: “Distretto di Bonthe”
- Japanese: “ボンティ地区”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bonthe”
- Norwegian: “Bonthe”
- Persian: “شهرستان بونته”
- Polish: “Dystrykt Bonthe”
- Portuguese: “Bonthe (distrito)”
- Portuguese: “Bonthe”
- Russian: “Бонте”
- Spanish: “Distrito de bonthe”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Bonthe”
- Ukrainian: “Бонте”
- Urdu: “بونتھے ضلع”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bonthe Government Hospital and Bonthe.
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