Bo District
Bo District is a district in the Southern Province of Sierra Leone. It is one of the sixteen districts of Sierra Leone. Bo District is the second most populous district in Sierra Leone.Places of Interest
Highlights include Bo Airport.
Bo Airport
Aerodrome
Bo Airport is a regional airport located in Bo, the second largest city of Sierra Leone. It is mainly used for regional and diplomatic aircraft to Bo District. The airport is operated by the Sierra Leonean Airports Authority.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bo and Panguma.
Bo
Bo is the second city of Sierra Leone and the main city of the Southern region. Bo is one of the only cities in Sierra Leone to be untouched by the war, owing to a citizen militia which kept the rebel soldiers out for the entire 10 years.
Panguma
Hamlet
Panguma is a village in eastern Sierra Leone, with a population of 7965. The village had previously been the capital of Mende chief Nyagua during the 19th century.
Tikonko
Town
Tikonko is a village in Bo District in the Southern Province of Sierra Leone. The Mende make up the largest ethnic group in the village.
Bo District
- Type: State with 757,000 residents
- Description: district of Sierra Leone
- Categories: district of Sierra Leone and locality
- Location: Southern Province, Sierra Leone, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
7.962° or 7° 57′ 43″ north
Longitude
-11.7365° or 11° 44′ 11″ west
Population
757,000
Elevation
87 metres (285 feet)
Open location code
6CVCX767+RC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=state
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Bo District from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Bo District” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ضاحية بو”
- Bulgarian: “Бо (окръг)”
- Bulgarian: “Бо”
- Catalan: “Bo”
- Cebuano: “Bo District”
- Chinese: “博城区”
- Dutch: “Bo (district)”
- Dutch: “Bo”
- Finnish: “Bon piirikunta”
- German: “Bo (Distrikt)”
- German: “Bo”
- Greek: “Μπο”
- Indonesian: “Distrik bo”
- Indonesian: “Distrik Bo”
- Italian: “Distretto di Bo”
- Polish: “Dystrykt Bo”
- Portuguese: “Bo (distrito)”
- Portuguese: “Bo”
- Russian: “Бо”
- Spanish: “Distrito de bo”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Bo”
- Swedish: “Bo (distrikt)”
- Swedish: “Bo”
- Ukrainian: “Бо”
- Urdu: “بو ضلع”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Roma and Komende.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Saint Francis/Xavier Parish Catholic Church and PMDC Office.
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