Bawbaw
Baw Baw is a fishing village around the peninsular in the Western Area Rural District of Sierra Leone. The major industry in the village is fishing; and most of its residents are fishermen.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: place in Western Area, Sierra Leone
- Also known as: “Baw Baw” and “Baw Baw, Sierra Leone”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lakka and Charlotte.
Lakka
Hamlet
Lakka is a coastal resort town around the peninsular in the Western Area Rural District of Sierra Leone. The town lies about ten miles west of Freetown. Lakka is situated 8 km northwest of Bawbaw.
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 10 km north of Bawbaw.
Bawbaw
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Western Area, Sierra Leone, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
8.34248° or 8° 20′ 33″ northLongitude
-13.2198° or 13° 13′ 11″ westElevation
18 metres (59 feet)Open location code
6CW88QRJ+X3OpenStreetMap ID
node 3063767285OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
“Bawbaw” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Baw Baw, Sierra Leone”
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