Editing Freetown (section)

== Geography ==

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Freetown borders the Atlantic Ocean and the [[Western Area Rural District]]. Freetown municipality is politically divided into three regions: East End, Central and West End of Freetown. The wards in the East End of Freetown (East I, East II, and East III) contain the city's largest population centre and generally the poorest part of the city. The [[Queen Elizabeth II Quay]] is located within East End.

The two central wards (Central I and Central II) make up Central Freetown, which includes Downtown Freetown and the central business district (Central II). Most of the tallest and most important national government building and foreign embassies are based in Central Freetown.

Sierra Leone's [[Sierra Leone House of Parliament|House of Parliament]] and the [[State House (Sierra Leone)|State House]], the principal workplace of the [[president of Sierra Leone]], are on [[Tower Hill (Sierra Leone)|Tower Hill]] in central Freetown. The [[National Stadium (Sierra Leone)|National Stadium]], the home stadium of the [[Sierra Leone national football team]] (popularly known as the [[Leone Stars]]) is in the Brookfield neighborhood.

The three westernmost wards (West I, West II, and West III) of the city constitute the West End of Freetown. These wards are relatively affluent. Most of the city's luxury hotels, a number of casinos, and Lumley Beach are in the west end of the city. The West End neighbourhood of Hill Station is home to the [[State Lodge]], the official residence of the president of Sierra Leone.