SIERRA LEONE

Name:	Sierra Leone (Republic of Sierra Leone)
Bordering countries:	Liberia, Guinea
Status:	sovereign state
Surface:	71.7 ths. sq. km
Population (2003):	5 733ths.
Capital:	Freetown
Official language:	English

Current national symbols

Historical symbols:

British Sierra Leone

Dominion of Sierra Leone (1961-1971)

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