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Sierra Leone
Western Area

Western Area Urban District

The Western Area Urban District is one of the 16 districts of Sierra Leone. It is by far the most populous district in the country with a population of 1,050,301 and is located in the Western Area of the country.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include National Stadium and National Museum.

Stadium
Photo: Dorothy Voorhees, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Siaka Stevens , commonly known informally as the , is the of , located in the capital city of .

Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Sierra Leone , previously known as the Sierra Leone Museum and the Museum of the Sierra Leone Society, is the of . it is located at the junction of Siaka Stevens Street and Pademba Road in central .

Photo: Chtrede, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
The is a kapok tree that is a historic symbol of , the capital city of . The 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 Freetown and Goderich.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is the capital city of 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.

Suburb
is an affluent suburb in the west end of , 's capital. lies about 13 miles from downtown Freetown. had a population 19,209 in the 2004 census has a high standard of living and is the wealthiest neighborhood in Freetown.

Hamlet
is a coastal resort town around the peninsular in the of . The town lies about ten miles west of .

Western Area Urban District

Latitude
8.4594° or 8° 27′ 34″ north
Longitude
-13.2318° or 13° 13′ 54″ west
Population
1,050,000
Elevation
30 metres (98 feet)
Open location code
6CW8FQ59+Q7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2992144247
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
9179949
Wiki­data ID
Q1673142
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Ukrainian—“Western Area Urban District” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “পশ্চিমাঞ্চলীয় শহুরে জেলা”
  • Bulgarian: “Фрийтаун - градски район”
  • Cebuano: “Western Area Urban”
  • Chinese: “西部區市區”
  • Dutch: “Western Area Urban”
  • German: “Western Area Urban”
  • Greek: “Δυτική Αστική Επαρχία”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Perkotaan Wilayah Barat”
  • Italian: “distretto urbano dell’Area Occidentale”
  • Italian: “Distretto urbano dell’Area Occidentale”
  • Japanese: “西部地域アーバン地区”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Western Area Urban District”
  • Norwegian: “Western Area Urban District”
  • Polish: “Dystrykt Miejski Obszaru Zachodniego”
  • Portuguese: “West Area Urban”
  • Spanish: “Area urbana de Freetown”
  • Spanish: “Área urbana de Freetown”
  • Ukrainian: “Міський округ”

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Notable Places Nearby

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