What is Sierra Leone famous for?
Capital | Freetown |
Government Type | presidential republic |
Currency | SLL |
Population | 6,624,933 |
Total Area |
27,699 Square Miles 71,740 Square Kilometers |
Location | Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Liberia |
Language | 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%) |
GDP - real growth rate | -23.9% |
Map of Sierra Leone
Source: Google News