Bathurst, Sierra Leone

Bathurst
Bathurst

Location in Sierra Leone

Coordinates: 8°20′N 13°04′W / 8.333°N 13.067°W / 8.333; -13.067
Country Sierra Leone
Region Western Area
District Western Area Rural District
Government
 • Type Village council
 • Village Head

Samuel JS Woodie

Time zone GMT (UTC-5)

Bathurst is a mountainous village in the Western Area Rural District of Sierra Leone. Bathurst seats at 541 feet above sea level,[1] and lies approximately six miles west of Freetown.

The major industry in Bathurst village is farming, small scale coal mining and animal husbandry. The Krio people are the largest and principal inhabitant of Bathurst village.

History

Bathurst was founded in 1817 provide accommodation for recaptives, liberated enslaved Africans, who had been brought to Freetown by the British Royal Navy West Africa Squadron.[2]:122 It was originally called Leopold, in honour of Leopold I of Belgium, who was at the time husband to Princess Charlotte of Wales. Charlotte was established at the same time nearby, named after his wife.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.weather-forecast.com/locations/Bathurst-3/forecasts/latest
  2. ↑ Sanneh, Lamin (2009). Abolitionists Abroad: American Blacks and the Making of Modern West Africa. Cammbrideg, Mass.: Harvard University Press.

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