Freetown

Sierra Leone

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.

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Country: Sierra Leone
Population: 827,000
Latitude: 8.47° N
Longitude: 13.24° O

Which way is Freetown from…

From Paris, Freetown lies at 203° to the south-west, 4,721 km as the crow flies.

Paris	203° south-west	4,721 km
London	199° south	4,933 km
New York	103° east	6,946 km
Madrid	197° south	3,675 km
Rome	221° south-west	4,492 km
Montreal	106° east	7,046 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	286° west	8,177 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

Freetown and Conakry are just 128 km apart: Sierra Leone’s capital is the southern one, with Conakry to its north-west. From London, aim south, at 199°, for 4,933 km. On the American side, beware the flat map: from New York it would point to 121°, south-east, while the compass says 103°, east. Further south-east, Monrovia lies 360 km away.