AREA ................................................
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71.740
kmq
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POPULATION ..................................
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5.883.889 in.
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DENSITY .........................................
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82,0 in/kmq
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CAPITAL ..........................................
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Freetown
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LANGUAGES ....................................
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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 Free
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RELIGIONS ......................................
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Muslim 60%, indigenous beliefs 30%, Christian 10%
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CURRENCY ......................................
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Leone (SLL)
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GDP per CAPITA .............................
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561 $ (2004)
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HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX ..
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0,233 (174th place)
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LOWEST POINT ...............................
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Atlantic Ocean 0 m
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HIGHEST POINT ..............................
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Loma Mansa (Bintimani) 1948 m
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INDEPENDENCE ...............................
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27 April 1961 (from UK)
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INSTITUTIONAL FORM ...................
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Republic
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WEB DOMAIN ..................................
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.sl
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COUNTRY CODE ..............................
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+232
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