Western Area (Sierra Leone)
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Name (Latin)
Western Area (Sierra Leone)
Other forms of name
Western Province (Sierra Leone)
nnaa Western Area, Sierra Leone
Coordinates
-13 -13 8.333333333 8.333333333 (gooearth )
W0130000 W0130000 N0082000 N0082000 (geonames )
Associated country
Sierra Leone
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- BGN(Western Area, 1st-order administrative division, 8°20ʹN 13°00ʹW; variant, The Colony)
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(adm1; 08°20ʹ00ʺN 013°00ʹ00ʺW)
- Sierra Leone. Cent. Stat. Off. Household survey ... 1967? (subj.)t.p. (Western Province)
- Sierra Leone. Cent. Stat. Off. Household survey ... 1968:t.p. (Western Area)
- BGN(Western Area, 1st-order administrative division, 8p0s20ʹN 13p0s00ʹW; variant, The Colony)
- Directory of business and industry for Western Area ... 1968:t.p. (Western Area; Sierra Leone government)
Wikipedia description:
The Western Area or Freetown Peninsula (formerly the Colony of Sierra Leone) is one of five principal divisions of Sierra Leone. It comprises the oldest city and national capital Freetown and its surrounding towns and countryside. It covers an area of 696 square kilometres (269 sq mi) and has a population of 1,271,330 in 2021. The Western Area is located mostly around the peninsula and is divided into two districts: the Western Area Rural and the Western Area Urban.
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