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| Official Name : |
REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE |
| Land Area: |
71,740 square kilometres / 27,962 square miles. |
| Population: |
6,018,000 (est 2005). Density 83.6 persons per square kilometre. |
| Languages: |
English (official), Krio (an Anglo-African hybrid), Mende, Temne. |
| Religions: |
Traditional 65%, Sunni Muslim 25%, Christian 10%. |
| Capital: |
Freetown. Population 540,000 |
| Currency: |
Leone, divided into 100 cents. |
| Independant: |
27 April 1961, from United Kingdom. |
| Geography: |
The swampy coastal plain, dominated by mangrove forests, is interupped by the Freetown Peninsular backed by a wooded upland region rising to 900m. The interior plateau exhibits a diverse topography, from savannah grasslands
to undulating forest. |
