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Ports Authority Football Club is a Sierra Leonean professional football club based in the capital Freetown. The club is a member of the Sierra Leone National Premier League, which is the top football division in Sierra Leone. The club is owned and run by the Sierra Leone Ports Authority (SLPA).
1961 - City becomes capital of independent Sierra Leone. [4] 1962 - Siaka Stevens becomes mayor. 1963 - Population: 127,917. [27] 1964 - Bank of Sierra Leone headquartered in city. 1965 - Sierra Leone Port Authority established. [28] 1966 - Constance Cummings-John becomes mayor. 1971 - City becomes capital of the Republic of Sierra Leone.
This still puts this harbor behind Port Jackson in Sydney, Australia, and several natural harbors claiming the title for world's second largest, including Halifax Harbour in Nova Scotia, Poole Harbour in Dorset, southern England, and Cork Harbour in County Cork, Ireland. The government of Sierra Leone assumed management of the Quay in 1964.
The airport is operated by the Sierra Leone Airports Authority. In 2012 its management was contracted out to the British security and military company Westminster Aviation Security Services Ltd. The government of Sierra Leone undertook a general upgrade of the terminal in 2010, in order to meet the basic standards of current international airports.
Freetown (Krio: Fritɔun) is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone. It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean and is located in the Western Area of the country. Freetown is Sierra Leone's major urban, economic, financial, cultural, educational and political centre, as it is the seat of the Government of Sierra Leone. The population ...
Port Loko is the capital of Port Loko District and since 2017 the North West Province of Sierra Leone. The city had a population of 21,961 in the 2004 census [ 1 ] and current estimate of 44,900. Port Loko lies approximately 57 km (35 mi) north-east of Freetown .
The developments were intended to improve Sierra Leone's competitiveness as the country prepares to become a middle income country by 2035. [ 5 ] Other related development projects are the planned bridging of Tagrin Bay , which separates Freetown from the peninsula on which Freetown International Airport is located, and the ongoing expansion of ...
Port Loko District is a district in the North West Province of Sierra Leone. It is the most populous district in the North and the second most populous district in Sierra Leone, after Western Area Urban District. As of the 2015 census, Port Loko District has a population of 614,063. [2]