Regent, Sierra Leone

Regent
Regent is located in Sierra Leone
Regent
Regent
Location in Sierra Leone
Coordinates: 8°26′3″N 13°13′23″W / 8.43417°N 13.22306°W / 8.43417; -13.22306
Country Sierra Leone
RegionWestern Area
DistrictWestern Area Rural District
Government
 • TypeTown Council
 • Town HeadReverend Elinorah Jokomi Metzger[1]
Time zoneUTC-5 (GMT)
New road in Regent (2015)

Regent is a mountainous town in the Western Area Rural District of Sierra Leone. Regent lies approximately six miles east of Freetown, and close to the village of Gloucester.

The population of Regent is approximately 22,000 people and the community is religiously very diverse.

Regent is the hometown of Sierra Leonean economist and politician, Solomon Athanasius James Pratt.[2]

  1. ^ "National Electoral Commission" (PDF). 29 June 2013. p. 7. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "Solomon A. J Pratt. - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 31 August 2017.