Official Name: | Cole Town, Sierra Leone |
Pushpin Map: | Sierra Leone |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Sierra Leone |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Sierra Leone |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Western Area |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Western Area Rural District |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | GMT |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Coordinates: | 8.3333°N -17°W |
Cole Town is a village in the Rural District in the Western Area of Sierra Leone. mining and farming are the two major industries in Cole Town http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=59724&fid=5760&c=sierra_leone. Cole Town is located about ten miles to Waterloo and about twenty miles to Freetown.
The people of Cole Town are ethnically diverse, and the village is home to a religiously diverse population of Christians and Muslims. Like many parts of Sierra Leone, the Krio language is the main language of Cole Town and is widely spoken in the village.