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Official country name
Republic of Sierra Leone
Short name
Sierra Leone
Local names
Republic of Sierra Leone (long)
Sierra Leone (short)
Sierra Leone (short)
Nationality
Sierra Leonean(s) (noun) Sierra Leone (adjective)
Languages spoken
English (official, regular use limited to literate minority), Mende (principal vernacular in the south), Temne (principal vernacular in the north), Krio (English-based Creole, spoken by the descendants of freed Jamaican slaves who were settled in the Freetown area, a lingua franca and a first language for 10% of the population but understood by 95%)
Capital
Freetown
Government type
constitutional democracy
Population
6,294,774 ranked 105, (data 2008)
Geography
rainfall along the coast can reach 495 cm (195 inches) a year, making it one of the wettest places along coastal, western Africa. The lowest point is Atlantic Ocean 0 m.
Coastline
Coastline 402 km.
Land borders
958km, Guinea 652 km, Liberia 306 km.
Administrative divisions
3 provinces and 1 area*; Eastern, Northern, Southern, Western*
Independence
27 April 1961 (from UK)