Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone (officially Republic of Sierra Leone) is a country in Western Africa, with its capital at Freetown, and is home to roughly 8.6M people.
English is the official language; the currency in circulation is Sierra Leonean leone (Le); people from here are called Sierra Leonean.
- »Freetown was founded as a settlement for freed slaves in the 18th century.
Sierra Leone touches two neighbours: Guinea to the northeast and Liberia to the southeast. Directions run from one centre to the other.
Freetown was founded in 1792 by formerly enslaved people from North America and the Caribbean, and its name records exactly that.
72,027 km² (27,810 sq mi), 117th largest of 198 countries and territories on file, almost exactly the size of the United Arab Emirates.
Population 8,642,022, 101st of 198 on file. That averages 120 per km² (311 per sq mi).
Green for agriculture and the mountains, white for unity and justice, blue for the natural harbour at Freetown, one of the largest in the world.