port city and the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone

Freetown, population 1,070,200 (2004), is the largest city and capital of Sierra Leone, lying on the Freetown Peninsula on the Atlantic coast. The city is a port on the Atlantic Ocean. Freetown's economy revolves largely around its harbour, which handles the country's main exports.

Freetown is an area in East Hampton (town), New York originally inhabited by freed slaves and Native Americans.