Freetown
Sign in to saveFreetown () is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone. It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean and is located in the Western Area of the country. Freetown is Sierra Leone's major urban, economic, financial, cultural, educational and political centre, as it is the seat of the Government of Sierra Leone. The population of Freetown was 1,347,559 as of the 2024 census.
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Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone, serving as the country's main center for government, economics, finance, culture, and education, with a population of about 1.3 million people as of 2024. As a major Atlantic port city, it plays a crucial role as Sierra Leone's primary urban and political hub.
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- Locality
- Freetown
- Region
- Western Area Urban
- Country
- Sierra Leone
- Population
- 802,639
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31 sectionsContents
- History
- Province of Freedom (1787–1789)
- Freetown settlement and the Colony of Sierra Leone (1792–1808)
- Freetown as a Crown Colony (1808–1961)
- Civil war, 1990s to early 2000s
- Mudslide disaster, 2017
- Sierra Leone fuel tanker explosion, 2021
- Geography
- Climate
- Demographics
- Government
- Culture
- Tourism
- Architecture
- Places of worship
- Economy
- Gallery
- Education
- Transportation
- Air transportation
- Transfers to Freetown
- Access by sea
- Access by land
- Road
- Railway
- Sports
- Twin towns/sister cities
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Freetown () is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone. It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean and is located in the Western Area of the country. Freetown is Sierra Leone's major urban, economic, financial, cultural, educational and political centre, as it is the seat of the Government of Sierra Leone. The population of Freetown was 1,347,559 as of the 2024 census.
The city's economy revolves largely around its harbour, which occupies a part of the estuary of the Sierra Leone River in one of the world's largest natural deep water harbours.
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