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Bookmark or Share- Sierra Leone - WikipediaSierra Leone, (/ siˌɛrə liˈoʊn (i)/ ⓘ, also UK: / siˌɛərə -/, US: / ˌsɪərə -/; [8][9] Krio: Salone[10]) officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered to the southeast by Liberia and by Guinea to the north. Its land area is 71,740 km 2 (27,699 sq mi). [11]
- Sierra Leone - The World FactbookSierra Leone’s civil war internally displaced as many as 2 million people, or almost half the population, and forced almost another half million to seek refuge in neighboring countries (370,000 Sierra Leoneans fled to Guinea and 120,000 to Liberia).
- Sierra Leone country profile - BBC NewsSierra Leone, a country in West Africa, has a special significance in the history of the transatlantic slave trade as the departure point for thousands of west African captives.
- Sierra Leone - Country Profile - Nations Online ProjectSierra Leone was since 1808 a British Crown Colony, the country gained independence in 1961. Today it is the poorest nation in the Commonwealth. With an area of 71,740 km² the country is just slightly larger than Ireland or slightly smaller than the U.S. state of South Carolina.
- Sierra Leone | Culture, History, Maps, Languages, & People - BritannicaSierra Leone, country of western Africa. The country owes its name to the 15th-century Portuguese explorer Pedro de Sintra , the first European to sight and map Freetown harbour. The original Portuguese name, Serra Lyoa (“Lion Mountains”), referred to the range of hills that surrounds the harbour.
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