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Sierra Leone Country Profile

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___ Satellite View and Map of Sierra Leone

Mount Bintumani, highest mountain in Sierra Leone

Mount Bintumani (Loma Mansa), highest mountain in Sierra Leone, located in the north east of the country, its lower slopes are covered in rainforest.
Image: Jared & Melanie & Huxley Ponchot

About Sierra Leone

Satellite view is showing the tropical country in West Africa, situated between Guinea and Liberia, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean with a 400 km long coastline of low-lying mangrove swamps, cut in on and off by some estuaries and several wide, sandy beaches and by a mountainous Sierra Leone Peninsula.
The eastern half of the country is mountainous. Mt. Bintumani (Loma Mansa) is located there, with 1,945 m (6,381 ft) the highest point in Sierra Leone.

The country covers an area of 71,740 km² making Sierra Leone slightly larger than Ireland or slightly smaller than the U.S. state of South Carolina.

Beach near Freetown, Sierra Leone's capital.
Image: Erik Cleves Kristensen

Sierra Leone has a population of 6.3 million people (in 2015), largest city, chief port, and the national capital is Freetown with almost 1 million inhabitants. Other urban centers are Bo (Bo Town), the leading financial, educational, and commercial center in the Southern Province; Kenema, capital of Kenema District and the most ethnically diverse city in Sierra Leone; Makeni, fourth largest city and capital of Bombali District; Koidu Town (Sefadu), known as a major diamond trade center; Lunsar, a former iron ore mining town. Spoken languages are English (official), Sierra Leone Krio is spoken by 90% of the population.

Sierra Leone is a predominantly Islamic country with 60% Muslims; 10% Christians; and 30% believers in traditional African religion.

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Local Time Sierra Leone:

Thursday-March-4 18:06

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