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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sherbro International Airport.
Sherbro International Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: tormentor4555, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: tormentor4555, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 201,000 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″ northLongitude
-12.5132° or 12° 30′ 48″ westPopulation
201,000Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)Open location code
6CV9GFHP+PPOpenStreetMap ID
node 320060531OpenStreetMap feature
place=stateGeoNames ID
2409913Wikidata ID
Q892889
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Bonthe District” goes by many names.
- 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”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bonthe Government Hospital and Bonthe.
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