Freetown
capital of Sierra Leone
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Summary
Freetown is a city[1]. Freetown ranks in the top 4% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,290 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Western Area[3]
- Country: Sierra Leone[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Atlantic Ocean[5], Sierra Leone River[6]
- Head of government: Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr[7]
- Instance of: port city[8], big city[9]
- Official language: Krio[10], English[11]
- Founder: John Clarkson[12]
- Twinned administrative body: Banjul[13], Conakry[14], Ganzhou[15], Hartford[16], Kansas City[17], Kingston upon Hull[18], Makeni[19], New Haven[20], Hefei[21]
- Legislative body: Freetown City Council[22]
- Commons category: Freetown[23]
- Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[24]
- Local dialing code: 22[25]
- Inception: 1792[26]
- Significant event: Siege of Freetown[27]
- Official website: https://fcc.gov.sl/[28]
- Topic's main category: Category:Freetown[29]
- Population: 951,000[30], 862,419[31], 1,055,964[32], 853,651[33]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[34], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[35], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[36]
- Capital of: Colony of Sierra Leone[37], Sierra Leone[38], Western Area[39], Commonwealth realm of Sierra Leone[40]
- Official name: Freetown[41]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Freetown[42]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Freetown[43]
- Demonym: Freetonienne[44], Freetonien[45]
- Native label: Freetown[46]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Freetown[47]
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Physical Characteristics
Freetown covers an area of 357,000,000 m²[48]. Freetown sits at an elevation of 26 m[49].
Why It Matters
Freetown has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] Freetown is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]