Basic facts about Sierra Leone
Country name: | Sierra Leone |
Capital: | Freetown |
Country code: | 391 |
Continent: | Africa |
Currency name: | Sierra Leonean leone |
Independence: | 1961-04-27 00:00:00 |
Independent from: | from the UK |
Total area (km2): | 71,740 |
Land area (km2): | 71,620 |
Water area (km2): | 120 |
Population: | 5,612,685 |
Population note: | 5,612,685 (July 2013 est.) |
Official language: | English |
All languages: | 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 Free |
Time zone: | GMT (UTC+0) |
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Drive on: | right |
Calling code: | +232 |
Domain: | .sl |