Western Area Rural District

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Western Area Rural District is an administrative district in Sierra Leone that encompasses the rural areas surrounding the capital, Freetown, on the country’s western peninsula.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative district
subdivision of Sierra Leone
adjacentTo Freetown Peninsula Forest Reserve NERFINISHED
administrativeCenter Waterloo NERFINISHED
borders Moyamba District NERFINISHED
Port Loko District NERFINISHED
Western Area Urban District NERFINISHED
contains Kent NERFINISHED
Lakka NERFINISHED
Leicester NERFINISHED
Regent NERFINISHED
Rural communities surrounding Freetown
Tokeh NERFINISHED
Tombo NERFINISHED
Waterloo NERFINISHED
York NERFINISHED
country Sierra Leone NERFINISHED
governedBy Western Area Rural District Council NERFINISHED
hasCapital Waterloo NERFINISHED
hasCharacteristic includes agricultural areas
includes coastal fishing communities
predominantly rural
hasFeature Atlantic coastline
peninsula villages
rural areas surrounding Freetown
hasGovernmentType district council
hasMajorEconomicActivity fishing
petty trade
small-scale agriculture
hasSettlementType rural district
languageUsed English
Krio
Mende NERFINISHED
Temne NERFINISHED
leaderTitle Council Chairman
locatedIn Western Area NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion West Africa NERFINISHED
locatedOn Sierra Leone Western Peninsula NERFINISHED
locatedOnCoastOf Atlantic Ocean
partOf Sierra Leone Western Region NERFINISHED
Western Area Province NERFINISHED
first-order administrative divisions of Sierra Leone
surrounds Freetown NERFINISHED
timeZone Greenwich Mean Time
utcOffset +0

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Western Area contains Western Area Rural District
Hastings, Sierra Leone region Western Area Rural District