West Africa
Sierra Leone
Southern Province

Bonthe

Bonthe is a coastal town located on in in the of . The town lies on the eastern shore of Sherbro Island, on the Sherbro River estuary.
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  • Type: Town with 10,200 residents
  • Description: city
  • Also known as: “Bonth”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sherbro International Airport.

Aerodrome
Photo: tormentor4555, CC BY-SA 3.0.
was an located outside the town of Bonthe on , . The airport is reported closed since around 2002, possibly in connection with the Sierra Leone Civil War.

Bonthe

Latitude
7.5273° or 7° 31′ 38″ north
Longitude
-12.502° or 12° 30′ 7″ west
Population
10,200
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
IATA airport code
BTE
United Nations Location Code
SL BTE
Open location code
6CV9GFGX+W6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 498808721
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2409914
Wiki­data ID
Q892886
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Satellite Map

Discover Bonthe from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Swahili—“Bonthe” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Bonthe”
  • Bengali: “বোন্থে”
  • Catalan: “Bonthe”
  • Cebuano: “Bonthe”
  • Chinese: “邦特”
  • Danish: “Bonthe”
  • Dutch: “Bonthe”
  • Finnish: “Bonthe”
  • French: “Bonthe”
  • Galician: “Bonthe”
  • German: “Bonthe”
  • Italian: “Bonthe”
  • Japanese: “ボンティ”
  • Lithuanian: “Bontė”
  • Polish: “Bonthe”
  • Portuguese: “Bonthe”
  • Russian: “Бонте”
  • Spanish: “Bonthe”
  • Swahili: “Bonthe”

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