Yengema
Yengema is a town in Kono District in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone, lying approximately 6 miles west of Koidu Town, and about 142 miles east of Freetown.Photo: Brian Harrington Spier, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Yengema Airport
Yengema Airport is a regional airport located in Yengema, Kono District, Sierra Leone.Localities in the Area
Tongoma
Tongo, also known as Tongoma, is a diamond mining town and the second largest city in Kenema District, located in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. Tongoma is situated 5 km north of Yengema.Koidu
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Koidu Town is the capital and largest city of the diamond-rich Kono District in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone.
Yengema
- Type: Town
- Description: town in Kono District in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone
- Category: locality
- Location: Eastern Province, Sierra Leone, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
8.61883° or 8° 37' 8" northLongitude
-11.04452° or 11° 2' 40" westElevation
395 metres (1,296 feet)Open Location Code
6CWCJX94+G5OpenStreetMap ID
node 859709020OpenStreetMap Feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2402817Wikidata ID
Q1000327Yengema Satellite Map
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Also Known As
Other Places Named Yengema
Localities in the Area
- SangbanbaroHamlet
- WuadeHamlet
- GayiaSuburb
- MotemaHamlet, 2½ km southeast
- BekoroHamlet, 3 km northwest
Landmarks in the Area
- Motema Police StationPolice station, 3 km east
- Koidu Kimberlite Project Pit K1Quarry, 8 km east
- Koidu Kimberlite Project Pit K2Quarry, 9 km east
- Jaiama Public MarketMarketplace, 9 km southwest
- Koidu Government HospitalHospital, 9 km east
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Yengema. Photo: Brian Harrington Spier, CC BY-SA 2.0.