Hastings, Sierra Leone
Hastings | |
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Coordinates: 8°23′N 13°08′W / 8.383°N 13.133°W | |
Country | Sierra Leone |
Region | Western Area |
District | Western Area Rural District |
Government | |
• Headman | Abdul Sesay |
Population (2004) | |
• Total | 15,054 |
Time zone | UTC0 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
Hastings is a town in the Western Area Rural District of Sierra Leone. The town had a population of 15,054 (2004 census) and lies approximately 15 miles east of Freetown, the capital of the country.
Notable residents
[edit]- Daniel Coker: African American Methodist missionary and immigrant from Baltimore, Maryland, to Sierra Leone in 1820; his descendants still live in Freetown
- John Ulrich Graf: Anglican minister at St Thomas Church, Hastings 1837-1853
- Francis Sundima Harding: Methodist Youth chairman, born Sierra Leone