Aberdeen, Sierra Leone
Place in Western Area, Sierra Leone From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Place in Western Area, Sierra Leone From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aberdeen is a coastal neighborhood in the northwestern part of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown. It is home to numerous up-scale restaurants, hotels, nightclubs and other tourist facilities. Cape Sierra Leone is located at the northwestern end of the Sierra Leone Peninsula in Aberdeen. The white sandy Aberdeen-Lumley Beach stretches all the way from the cape down to neighbouring Lumley, along the western part of the peninsula. [1]
Aberdeen, Sierra Leone | |
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Coordinates: 8°30′N 13°17′W | |
Country | Sierra Leone |
Province | Western Area |
District | Western Area Urban District |
Aberdeen was founded in 1829 to provide accommodation for recaptives, liberated enslaved Africans, who had been brought to Freetown by the British Royal Navy West Africa Squadron.[2]: 122
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