Hastings is a town in the Western Area Rural District of Sierra Leone. The town had a population of 15,054 (2004 census) and lies approximately 15 miles east of Freetown, the capital of the country.
Hastings is twinned with Hastings, UK.
Notable residents Daniel Coker: African American Methodist missionary and immigrant from Baltimore, Maryland, to Sierra Leone in 1820; his descendants still live in Freetown John Ulrich Graf: Anglican minister at St Thomas Church, Hastings 1837-1853 Francis Sundima Harding: Methodist Youth chairman, born Sierra Leone
External links http://www.hastingshastings.org.uk/