City profile · Sierra Leone · Africa
Njala
Southern Province · Sierra Leone
City population
40,000
#8
in Sierra Leone
#2
in Southern Province
#13,989
worldwide
8.232, -12.016 · 137 km from Freetown
About Njala
Njala is a city in Southern Province, Sierra Leone with a population of 40,000. It is the 8th largest of the 13 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Sierra Leone, and the 13,989th largest worldwide. It lies 137 km from Freetown.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Southern Province
Rank in region
#2of 3
Elevation
67 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Freetown
Coordinates
8.232, -12.016
Record updated
2024-10-15
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 13 in Sierra LeoneClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.