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 Sierra Leone 
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 9L 
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 Africa 
 ITU zone
 46 
 CQ zone
 35 
 
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Three equal horizontal bands of light green (top), white, and light blue.
 
          Sierra Leone          
 
 Sierra Leone 
 Capital: 
Freetown
 Administrative
 divisions: 
3 provinces and 1 area*: Eastern, Northern, Southern, and Western*.
 Population: 
5,614,743 (July 2002 est.)
 Languages: 
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%)
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
8° 30' N, 11° 30' W
 Area total: 
71,740 sq. km
 Land area: 
71,620 sq. km
 Water area: 
120 sq. km
 Total land
 boundaries: 
958 km
 Borders
 with neighbor
 countries: 
Guinea 652 km, Liberia 306 km
 Coastline: 
402 km
 Elevation
 extremes: 
Atlantic Ocean 0 m - Loma Mansa (Bintimani) 1,948 m
 Internet
 country code: 
.sl
 Currency: 
leone (SLL)
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
Republic of Sierra Leone
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
Sierra Leone
 Independence: 
27 April 1961 (from UK)
 Constitution: 
1 October 1991, subsequently amended several times
 Government
 type: 
constitutional democracy
 National
 holiday: 
Independence Day, 27 April (1961)
 
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