Freetown

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capital city human settlement port city

Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone, known as a historic port and former center for resettled freed slaves in West Africa.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf capital city ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ
port city ⓘ
capitalOf Sierra Leone ⓘ
climate tropical monsoon climate ⓘ
coordinateLatitude 8.484 ⓘ
coordinateLongitude -13.229 ⓘ
country Sierra Leone ⓘ
countryCallingCode +232 ⓘ
demonym Freetonian ⓘ
drySeason November to April ⓘ
economicActivity services ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
trade ⓘ
foundedAs settlement for Black Loyalists ⓘ
settlement for Liberated Africans ⓘ
settlement for freed slaves ⓘ
foundedBy British abolitionists ⓘ
foundingYear 1787 ⓘ
hasInstitution University of Sierra Leone ⓘ
hasLandmark Cotton Tree ⓘ
King’s Yard Gate ⓘ
Sierra Leone National Museum ⓘ
St George’s Cathedral ⓘ
State House ⓘ
hasPort Port of Freetown ⓘ
hasUniversity Fourah Bay College ⓘ
historicalRole center for resettled freed slaves in West Africa ⓘ
key port in the suppression of the transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
major base of the British Royal Navy’s West Africa Squadron ⓘ
isSeatOf Government of Sierra Leone ⓘ
Parliament of Sierra Leone ⓘ
President of Sierra Leone ⓘ
Supreme Court of Sierra Leone ⓘ
largestCityOf Sierra Leone ⓘ
locatedIn West Africa ⓘ
Western Area ⓘ
locatedOn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Sierra Leone Peninsula ⓘ
namedFor freedom ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
portType natural deep-water harbor ⓘ
primaryEthnicGroups Krio people ⓘ
surface form: Krio

Mende ⓘ
Temne ⓘ
reestablishedYear 1792 ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
servedBy Lungi International Airport ⓘ
timeZone Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ
wettestMonths May to October ⓘ

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Sierra Leone → capital → Freetown ⓘ
Black Loyalists → founded → Freetown ⓘ
West Africa → hasMajorCity → Freetown ⓘ
Sierra Leone → largestCity → Freetown ⓘ