Sierra Leone

Coordinates: 8°30′N 11°30′W / 8.500°N 11.500°W / 8.500; -11.500

Republic o Sierra Leone

Motto: "Unity, Freedom, Justice"
Anthem: High of We Exalt Thee, Realm of the Free
Location o  Sierra Leone  (daurk blue) – in Africae  (licht blue & daurk gray) – in the African Union  (licht blue)  —  [Legend]
Location o  Sierra Leone  (daurk blue)

– in Africae  (licht blue & daurk gray)
– in the African Union  (licht blue)  —  [Legend]

Location o Sierra Leone
Caipital
and largest city
Freetown
8°29.067′N 13°14.067′W / 8.484450°N 13.234450°W / 8.484450; -13.234450
Offeecial leidsInglis[1]
Spoken leids
  • Temne
  • Mende
  • Krio
Ethnic groups
(2008)
  • 35% Temne
  • 31% Mende
  • 8% Limba
  • 5% Kono
  • 2% Krio (Creole)
  • 2% Mandingo
  • 2% Loko
  • 15% ithers
Demonym(s)Sierra Leonean
GovrenmentUnitar presidential constitutional republic
• Preses
Julius Maada Bio
• Vice-Preses
Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh
• Speaker o Pairlament
Abass Chernor Bundu
• Chief Juistice
Desmond Babatunde Edwards
LegislaturPairlament
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[2]
• Density
79.4/km2 (205.6/sq mi) (114ta)
GDP (PPP)2017 estimate
• Total
$11.551 billion[3]
• Per capita
$1,760[3]
GDP (nominal)2017 estimate
• Tot
$4.088 billion[3]
• Per capita
$623[3]
Gini (2011)35.4[4]
medium
HDI (2015)Decrease 0.420[5]
law · 179t
CurrencyLeone (SLL)
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)
Drivin siderichtb
Cawin code+232
ISO 3166 codeSL
Internet TLD.sl
  1. Rank based on 2007 feegurs.
  2. Syne 1 Mairch 1971.
Territorial organization 2

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.

References

  1. ↑ "The World Factbook". www.cia.gov. Archived frae the original on 16 October 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  2. ↑ Official projection (medium variant) for the year 2013 based on the population and housing census held in Sierra Leone on 4 December 2004 Archived 2013-07-30 at the Wayback Machine. statistics.sl. page 13.
  3. ↑ a b c d "Sierra Leone". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 18 Apryle 2013.
  4. ↑ "Gini Index". World Bank. Retrieved 2 Mairch 2011.
  5. ↑ "2016 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2016. Retrieved 21 Mairch 2017.