Aberdeen, Sierra Leone
Aberdeen, Sierra Leone | |
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  Aberdeen, Sierra Leone Location in Sierra Leone | |
| Coordinates: 8°30′N 13°17′W / 8.500°N 13.283°W | |
| Country |  Sierra Leone |
| Province | Western Area |
| District | Western Area Urban District |
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]
History
[edit]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
References
[edit]- ^ "National Tourist Board website". Archived from the original on 2006-10-18. Retrieved 2006-11-02.
- ^ Sanneh, Lamin (2009). Abolitionists Abroad: American Blacks and the Making of Modern West Africa. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674000605. OCLC 42976765.
External links
[edit]8°30′N 13°17′W / 8.500°N 13.283°W
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