Sierra Leone
11°30′W / 8.500°N 11.500°W / 8.500; -11.500
Sierra Leone (Krio: Sa Lone), offeecially the Republic o Sierra Leone, is a kintra in wast Africae. It is bordered bi Guinea tae the north an east, Liberie tae the sootheast, an the Atlantic Ocean tae the wast an soothwast. Sierra Leone covers a total aurie o 71,740 km2 (27,699 sq mi) an haes a population estimatit at 6.5 million.
Republic o Sierra Leone | |
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Motto: "Unity, Freedom, Justice" | |
![Location o Sierra Leone (daurk blue) – in Africae (licht blue & daurk gray) – in the African Union (licht blue) — [Legend]](/wiki/sco/File:Location_Sierra_Leone_AU_Africa.svg) Location o Sierra Leone (daurk blue) – in Africae (licht blue & daurk gray) | |
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| Caipital and largest city | Freetown 8°29.067′N 13°14.067′W / 8.484450°N 13.234450°W |
| Offeecial leids | Inglis |
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| Ethnic groups (2008) |
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| Demonym(s) | Sierra Leonean |
| Govrenment | Unitar presidential constitutional republic |
• Preses | Julius Maada Bio |
• Vice-Preses | Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh |
• Speaker o Pairlament | Abass Chernor Bundu |
• Chief Juistice | Desmond Babatunde Edwards |
| Legislatur | Pairlament |
| Unthirldom | |
• frae the Unitit Kinrick | 27 Apryle 1961 |
• Republic declared | 19 Apryle 1971 |
| Aurie | |
• Total | 71,840 km2 (27,740 sq mi) (119th) |
• Water (%) | 1.1 |
| Population | |
• 2015 census | 7,075,641 |
• Density | 79.4/km2 (205.6/sq mi) (114ta) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate |
• Total | $11.551 billion |
• Per capita | $1,760 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate |
• Tot | $4.088 billion |
• Per capita | $623 |
| Gini (2011) | 35.4 medium |
| HDI (2015) |  0.420law · 179t |
| Currency | Leone (SLL) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| Drivin side | richtb |
| Cawin code | +232 |
| ISO 3166 code | SL |
| Internet TLD | .sl |
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References
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