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 |