| Aberdeen, Sierra Leone | |
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  Aberdeen, Sierra LeoneLocation in Sierra Leone | |
| Coordinates: 8°30′N 13°17′W / 8.500°N 13.283°W / 8.500; -13.283 | |
| 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.
History
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.
References
- "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
8°30′N 13°17′W / 8.500°N 13.283°W / 8.500; -13.283
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