Republic of Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone is in Africa. Its capital is Freetown. It is at 8° 30' North, 11° 30' West. Sierra Leone has an area of 71,740 square kilometres (27,698 square miles). The population is 5,363,669. This population is from a 2011 estimate.

Economy

For currency they use the Sierra Leone Leone. The inflation in 2007 was 11.7%. The economy link (above) goes to a page that lists their commodities and trading partners.

Education

In the year 2004, the literacy rate was 35.1%. This definition of literacy is portion of the population over 15 years of age, that can read and write. This literacy rate counts only fluency in Temne, Mende, English, and Arabic.

Society

People here speak Krio, English, Mende, and Temne.

Time Zone

It is in the West Africa (GMT + 0) time zone.

Administrative Divisions

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