Folu
in Southern Province, Sierra Leone
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Bo Airport (67 mi) - Kenema Airport (68 mi)
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Spriggs Payne Airport (73 mi) - Sherbro International Airport (76 mi)
- Gbangbatok Airport (78 mi)
- Roberts International Airport (97 mi)
- Yengema Airport (117 mi)
- Lamco Airport (130 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 6.991 and -11.561 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 6° 59' 27" and W -11° 33' 39"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Leone - SLL
- Spoken languages:
- English
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 09:00 PM (Thursday)
- Timezone: Africa/Freetown
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:29 am and 6:56 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -10.221 and 166.306 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Malapu - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,5 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to Sierra Leone.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Sierra Leone. Last Update: 2024-05-16 08:19:50
Explore Folu
Folu in Southern Province is a city in Sierra Leone about 155 mi (or 249 km) south-east of Freetown, the country's capital.
Local time in Folu is now 09:00 PM (Thursday). The local timezone is named Africa / Freetown with an UTC offset of zero hours. We know of 8 airports in the vicinity of Folu. The closest airport in Sierra Leone is Bo Airport in a distance of 67 mi (or 108 km), North. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Robertsport, Tubmanburg, Kenema, Bo and Monrovia. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 34°C / 94 °F
| Morning Temperature | 23°C / 73 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 29°C / 84 °F |
| Night Temperature | 24°C / 75 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 6% |
| Air Humidity | 48% |
| Air Pressure | 1012 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Light breeze with 5 km/h (3 mph) from North-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 92% of sky |
| General Conditions | Moderate rain |
Friday, 17th of May 2024
29°C (84 °F)
24°C (75 °F)
Moderate rain, calm, overcast clouds.
Saturday, 18th of May 2024
32°C (89 °F)
25°C (76 °F)
Moderate rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Sunday, 19th of May 2024
33°C (92 °F)
25°C (76 °F)
Moderate rain, light breeze, broken clouds.
Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Sulima, Sierra Leone
Sulima is a town in the extreme south east of Sierra Leone, lying at the mouth of the Moa River. Originally a trading post in the nineteenth century, it has a large population of refugees from Liberia.
Lomboko
Lomboko refers to a slave factory; a fortress stockade created by the infamous Spanish slave trader Pedro Blanco. It consisted of several large holding depots or barracoons for slaves brought from the interior, as well as several palatial buildings for Blanco's use, to hold his wives and concubines, and house his employees. Lomboko was scattered across several small islands at the mouth of the Gallinas river, near Sulima on the Gallinas coast.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Folu.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Folu
