Gayia
Gayia is a suburb in Eastern Province, Sierra Leone. Gayia is situated nearby to the hamlet Sangbanbaro, as well as near the village Baadu.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Yengema Airport.
Yengema Airport
Aerodrome
Yengema Airport is a regional airport located in Yengema, Kono District, Sierra Leone. It is the only airport that serves Kono District. It is one of the busiest airports in the country, due to the present of large diamond mining companies in Kono District. Yengema Airport is situated 2½ km northwest of Gayia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yengema and Tongoma.
Yengema
Town
Photo: Brian Harrington Spier, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yengema is a town in the Nimikoro Chiefdom of Kono District in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone, lying approximately 6 miles west of Koidu Town, and about 142 miles east of Freetown.
Tongoma
Village
Tongo, also known as Tongoma, is a diamond mining town and the second largest city in Kenema District, located in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. Tongoma is situated 7 km north of Gayia.
Koidu
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Koidu Town is the capital and largest city of the Kono District in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. Its population is 128,030 based on the 2015 census.
Gayia
- Type: Suburb
- Category: locality
- Location: Eastern Province, Sierra Leone, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
8.59828° or 8° 35′ 54″ northLongitude
-11.0373° or 11° 2′ 14″ westElevation
388 metres (1,273 feet)Open location code
6CWCHXX7+83OpenStreetMap ID
node 3055674629OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
10046368
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