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Waterloo, Sierra Leone | |
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  Waterloo, Sierra Leone Location in Sierra Leone | |
| Coordinates: 8°20′N 13°04′W / 8.333°N 13.067°W | |
| Country |  Sierra Leone |
| Region | Western Area |
| District | Western Area Rural District |
| Government | |
| • Type | City council |
| • Mayor | Dennis Omojowo Browne (APC) [1] |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 55,000 [2][3] |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (GMT) |
Waterloo is a city in the Western Area of Sierra Leone and the capital of the Western Area Rural District, which is one of the sixteen districts of Sierra Leone. Waterloo is located about twenty miles east of Freetown. Waterloo is the second largest city in the Western Area region of Sierra Leone, after Freetown.[1] The city had a population of 34,079 in the 2004 census, and 55,000 as per a 2015 estimate.[2][3] Waterloo is part of the Freetown metropolitan area.
Waterloo is a major urban transport hub and lies on the main highway linking Freetown to the country's provinces. Waterloo is an entirely urban area, and lies 25 miles to Port Loko District entrance border line in the Northern Province.
Waterloo is one of Sierra Leone's most ethnically diverse cities, as it is home to many of Sierra Leone's ethnic groups, with no single ethnic group forming even 30% of the population .
Although Waterloo is part of the larger Western Area Rural district council, the city has its own directly elected city council headed by a mayor. The current mayor of Waterloo is Dennis Omojowo Browne of the All People's Congress who was elected in the 2018 Sierra Leone local elections.
- ^ The Point – Waterloo[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Wavescan – Waterloo". Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
- ^ apctimes.com Archived 2013-10-16 at the Wayback Machine.