Editing Freetown (section)

== Economy ==
[[File:Freetown street (13992704238).jpg|thumb|A local market street in Central Freetown]]

Freetown is the economic and financial centre of Sierra Leone. The country's state television and radio station, the [[Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation]], is primarily based in Freetown. The other national broadcasters, such as AYV (African Young Voices) and [[Capital Radio Sierra Leone|Capital Radio]], are also based in Freetown. Many of the national headquarters of the country's largest corporations, as well as the majority of international companies, are located in Freetown - predominately in Central Freetown.

The city's economy revolves largely around its [[natural harbour]], which is the largest natural harbour on the African continent. [[Queen Elizabeth II Quay]] is capable of receiving oceangoing vessels and handles Sierra Leone's main exports.

Industries include food and beverage processing, fish packing, rice milling, petroleum refining, diamond cutting, and the manufacture of cigarettes, paint, textile, and [[Sierra Leone Brewery Limited|beer]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Lynch |first1=Kenneth |last2=Maconachie |first2=Roy |last3=Binns |first3=Tony |last4=Tengbe |first4=Paul |last5=Bangura |first5=Kabba |date=2013 |title=Meeting the urban challenge? Urban agriculture and food security in post-conflict Freetown, Sierra Leone |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S014362281200063X |journal=Applied Geography |language=en |volume=36 |pages=31–39 |doi=10.1016/j.apgeog.2012.06.007|bibcode=2013AppGe..36...31L }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Njala University, Njala, Sierra Leone |last2=Kamara |first2=Js |last3=Leigh |first3=Au |last4=Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Food Security, Freetown, Sierra Leone |last5=Cooke |first5=Ra |last6=University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA. |date=2015-12-07 |title=A national survey of rice (Oryza sativa L.) grain quality in Sierra Leone II: Evaluation of physical grain quality. |url=https://www.ajfand.net/Volume15/No5/Kamara15490.pdf |journal=African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development |volume=15 |issue=72 |pages=10559–10577 |doi=10.18697/ajfand.72.15490|s2cid=56077078 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sawe |first=Benjamin Elisha |date=2019-04-16 |title=What Are The Biggest Industries In Sierra Leone? |url=https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-are-the-biggest-industries-in-sierra-leone.html |access-date=2023-03-19 |website=WorldAtlas |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sierra Leone: Economy |url=https://globaledge.msu.edu/countries/sierra-leone/economy |access-date=2023-03-19 |website=globaledge.msu.edu |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Sierra Leone |date=2023-03-10 |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/sierra-leone/#economy |work=The World Factbook |access-date=2023-03-19 |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |language=en}}</ref>

The city is served by the [[Freetown International Airport]], located in [[Lungi, Sierra Leone|Lungi]], across the river estuary from Freetown.

In almost every neighborhood of Freetown there are a number of high streets with shops of various kinds of commercial products and services. Shop traders are diverse, including locals and foreign shop owners. However, a majority of locals shop at specific and popular areas of the city, such as Lumley Junction, Eastern Police Junction, PZ area, Shell Junction, etc.