Sierra Leone
Brief information
General Information
Official Name: The Republic of Sierra Leone
Short Name: SL
Continent: Africa
Codes
Calling Code: +232
ISO3: SLE
Capital City: Freetown
Domain: .sl
Statistics
Area(Sqre/KM): 72180 SqKM
Population: About 7976983 as of 2023
Population Density: 110.52
Population By Religion:
Politics
Nationality: Sierra Leoneans
Travel
Currency: Leone
Latitude: 8.460555
Longitude: -11.779889
Language
Lanugages: English (official, regular use limited to literate minority), Mende (principal vernacular in the south), Temne (principal vernacular in the north), Krio (English-based Creole, spoken by the descendants of freed Jamaican slaves who were settled in the Freetown area, a lingua franca and a first language for 10% of the population but understood by 95%)