Newton, Sierra Leone

Newton, Sierra Leone
Newton, Sierra Leone Location in Sierra Leone
Coordinates: 8°20′N 13°04′W / 8.333°N 13.067°W / 8.333; -13.067
Country	Sierra Leone
Region	Western Area
District	Western Area Rural District
Time zone	GMT (UTC-5)

Newton is a town in the Rural District of the Western Area of Sierra Leone. The town is located 24 miles from Freetown. The population of the town is largely from the Krio ethnic group.

The town of Newtown is named after British abolitionist John Newton [1]. Today there is a philanthropic link between John Newton's church of Olney and Newton in Sierra Leone.

Sources

• McClanahan, Paige (10 May 2011). "West Africa Rising: Leaders tout Sierra Leone's first value-added factory since the war". The Christian Science Monitor. http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/Africa-Monitor/2011/0510/West-Africa-Rising-Leaders-tout-Sierra-Leone-s-first-value-added-factory-since-the-war. Retrieved 2 October 2011. 
• Samba, Augustine (25 January 2010). "In Sierra Leone, Murder at Newton". Awareness Times. http://news.sl/drwebsite/exec/view.cgi?archive=6&num=14333. Retrieved 2 October 2011.