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Additional information about Sierra Leone
Official country name: Republic of Sierra Leone
Short name: Sierra Leone
Local names (long and short forms): Republic of Sierra Leone / Sierra Leone
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Nationality noun / adjective: Sierra Leonean(s) / Sierra Leonean
Languages spoken: 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%). .
Capital: Freetown (GMT 0.0, summertime: )
Government type: constitutional democracy
Population: 6294774 ranked 105, (data 2008)
Geography: rainfall along the coast can reach 495 cm (195 inches) a year, making it one of the wettest places along coastal, western Africa. The lowest point is Atlantic Ocean 0 m and the highest point is Loma Mansa (Bintimani) 1,948 m. .
Coastline: Coastline 402 km - . .
Land borders: Sierra Leone has a total of 958 km landborders, bordering to Guinea 652 km, Liberia 306 km. . .
Administrative divisions: 3 provinces and 1 area*; Eastern, Northern, Southern, Western*
Dependent areas:
Independence: 27 April 1961 (from UK)