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Country (long form)Republic of Sierra Leone
CapitalFreetown
Total Area27,698.97 sq mi
71,740.00 sq km
(slightly smaller than South Carolina)
Population5,426,618 (July 2001 est.)
Estimated Population in 205015,667,452
LanguagesEnglish (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 Jamai ...
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OFFICIAL NAME: Republic of Sierra Leone
CAPITAL: Freetown
SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT: Multiparty Democracy
AREA: 71,740 Sq Km (27,699 Sq Mi)
ESTIMATED 2000 POPULATION: 5,227,800
LOCATION & GEOGRAPHY: Sierra Leone is located in the southwestern part of West Africa. It is bound by Guinea to the north and northeast, Liberia to the southeast and the Atlantic Ocean to the south and southwest. The country is divided into four topographical regions. (1.) Interior plateaux and mo ...
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Sierra Leone
Capital : Freetown
Major Language(s) : English, Mende, Temne, Krio, Limba
Largest City : Freetown
Date of UN Membership : 27 Sep. 1961
Largest City Population (in thousands, 1995) : 699
Latitude/Longitude (at largest city) : 08°30'N 13°17'W
Currency : leone
GDP (million US$, 1997) : 1151
Area (km2) : 71740
Total Population (in thousands, 1999) : 4717
Population Density (per square km., 1997) : 62
GDP Per Capita (US$, 1997) : 260
NEW YORK MISSION ADDRESS :
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Sierra Leone Geography 2000
Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Liberia
Geographic coordinates: 8 30 N, 11 30 W
Map references: Africa
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