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Western Area

Western Area Rural District

The Western Area Rural District is one of the sixteen districts of Sierra Leone. It is located mostly around the peninsula in the Western Area of Sierra Leone.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Benguema.

Neighborhood
is a military town in the Rural District in the of , about 30 miles east of . is home to the Military Academy, the largest Sierra Leone military recruit training center.

Western Area Rural District

Latitude
8.3075° or 8° 18′ 27″ north
Longitude
-13.0877° or 13° 5′ 16″ west
Population
443,000
Elevation
43 metres (141 feet)
Open location code
6CW88W46+XW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2992144246
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
9179950
Wiki­data ID
Q2030876
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Western Area Rural District” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Фрийтаун - селски район”
  • Cebuano: “Western Area Rural”
  • Chinese: “西部区郊区”
  • Chinese: “西部區郊區”
  • Dutch: “Western Area Rural”
  • Finnish: “Läntisen alueen maaseutu”
  • Finnish: “Läntisen alueen maaseutupiirikunta”
  • German: “Western Area Rural”
  • Greek: “Δυτική Αγροτική Επαρχία”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Pedesaan Wilayah Barat”
  • Italian: “distretto rurale dell’Area Occidentale”
  • Italian: “Distretto rurale dell’Area Occidentale”
  • Italian: “Distretto rurale dellArea Occidentale”
  • Japanese: “地方地区”
  • Japanese: “西部地域ルーラル地区”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Western Area Rural District”
  • Norwegian: “Western Area Rural District”
  • Polish: “Dystrykt Wiejski Obszaru Zachodniego”
  • Polish: “Western Area Rural District”
  • Portuguese: “West Area Rural”
  • Portuguese: “West Rural”
  • Russian: “Сельский округ”
  • Spanish: “Area rural de Freetown”
  • Spanish: “Área rural de Freetown”
  • Swedish: “Western Area Rural”
  • Ukrainian: “Сільський округ”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Jamat Farm and Chinese Quarry.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Benguema College and Benguema Market.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Western Area Rural District”. Photo: Ghassan Mroue, CC BY-SA 3.0.