Full name | Sierra Leone. |
Capital City | Freetown |
Population | 6.092 million (2013) |
Area | 71,740 km |
Borders | Guinea and Liberia. |
Coastline | 402 km |
Language | Krio, Mende, Temne and Limba. |
Currency | Leone |
Country Code | +232 |
Time Zone | UTC (GMT) |
Newspaper | Daily Mail, Awareness Times Newspaper, Concord Times, Cocorioko, Pool News, Sierra Leone News, Sierrawatch and Standard Times Newspaper. |
Places to Visit | Freetown, Kabala, Banana Islands, Mt Bintumani and Outamba-Kilimi National Park. |
Climate | tropical |
Major Religion | Islam, indigenous beliefs and Christian. |
In 2014, Sierra Leone exported $2.14B and imported $2.36B, resulting in a negative trade balance of $218M. In 2014 the GDP of Sierra Leone was $4.84B and its GDP per capita was $1.97k.
The top exports of Sierra Leone are:
Iron Ore ($1.39B), Tin Ores($236M), Diamonds ($175M), Titanium Ore ($76.6M) and Aluminium Ore ($49.5M).
The top export destinations of Sierra Leone are:
China ($1.65B),Belgium-Luxembourg ($186M), Romania ($49.5M), the Netherlands ($26.9M) and the United States ($26.9M).
Its top imports are:
Refined Petroleum ($764M), Rice ($112M), Delivery Trucks ($62.2M), Packaged Medicaments ($53.6M) and Cars ($37.3M).
The top import origins are:
Benin ($701M), China ($189M), Belgium-Luxembourg ($178M), the United Arab Emirates ($160M) and the United Kingdom ($131M).
River Number 2 Beach
Outamba Kilimi National Park
NJALA UNIVERSITY
Address: Private Mail Bag, Freetown, Sierra Leone
http://www.nu-online.com
UNIVERSITY OF SIERRA LEONE
Address: University of Sierra Leone, A. J. Momoh Street, Tower Hill, Freetown, Sierra Leone
http://www.tusol.org/
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