Sierra Leone

Republic o Sierra Leone
Banner Coat o airms
Motto: "Unity, Freedom, Justice"
Anthem: High of We Exalt Thee, Realm of the Free
Location o  Sierra Leone  (daurk blue) – in Africae  (licht blue & daurk gray) – in the African Union  (licht blue)  —  [Legend]
Caipital and largest city	Freetown 8°29.067′N 13°14.067′W
Offeecial leids	Inglis
Spoken leids	Temne Mende Krio
Ethnic groups (2008)	35% Temne 31% Mende 8% Limba 5% Kono 2% Krio (Creole) 2% Mandingo 2% Loko 15% ithers
Demonym(s)	Sierra Leonean
Govrenment	Unitar presidential constitutional republic
• Preses	Julius Maada Bio
• Vice-Preses	Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh
• Speaker o Pairlament	Abass Chernor Bundu
• Chief Juistice	Desmond Babatunde Edwards
Legislatur	Pairlament
Unthirldom
• frae the Unitit Kinrick	27 Apryle 1961
• Republic declared	19 Apryle 1971
Aurie
• Total	71,840 km2 (27,740 sq mi) (119th)
• Water (%)	1.1
Population
• 2015 census	7,075,641
• Density	79.4/km2 (205.6/sq mi) (114ta)
GDP (PPP)	2017 estimate
• Total	$11.551 billion
• Per capita	$1,760
GDP (nominal)	2017 estimate
• Tot	$4.088 billion
• Per capita	$623
Gini (2011)	35.4 medium
HDI (2015)	0.420 law · 179t
Currency	Leone (SLL)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
Drivin side	richtb
Cawin code	+232
ISO 3166 code	SL
Internet TLD	.sl
Rank based on 2007 feegurs. Syne 1 Mairch 1971.

Territorial organization 2

Sierra Leone (Krio: Sa Lone), offeecially the Republic o Sierra Leone, is a kintra in wast Africae. It is bordered bi Guinea tae the north an east, Liberie tae the sootheast, an the Atlantic Ocean tae the wast an soothwast. Sierra Leone covers a total aurie o 71,740 km2 (27,699 sq mi) an haes a population estimatit at 6.5 million.