AFRICA: Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone (/siˌɛrə liˈoʊn(i)/  also UK: /siˌɛərə -/, US: /ˌsɪərə -/),^[7][8] officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, informally Salone,^[9] is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea to the northeast. Sierra Leone has a tropical climate with a diverse environment ranging from savanna to rainforests, a total area of 71,740 km² (27,699 sq mi)^[10] and a population of 7,092,113 as of the 2015 census.^[3] The capital and largest city is Freetown. The country is divided into five administrative regions which are subdivided into sixteen districts.^[11][12]

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