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Finance | Africa | Sierra Leone
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Government | Africa | Sierra Leone
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Government | Africa | Sierra Leone
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Government | Africa | Sierra Leone
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Government | Africa | Sierra Leone
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LOCATION:
Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Liberia
MAP REFERENCES:
Africa
AREA:
total: 71,740 sq km
land: 71,620 sq km
water: 120 sq km
AREA - comparative:
slightly smaller than South Carolina
COASTLINE:
402 km
CLIMATE:
tropical; hot, humid; summer rainy season (May to December); winter dry season (December to April)
TERRAIN:
coastal belt of mangrove swamps, wooded hill country, upland plateau, mountains in east
NATURAL RESOURCES:
diamonds, titanium ore, bauxite, iron ore, gold, chromite
POPULATION:
6,018,888 (July 2016 est.)
RELIGIONS:
Muslim 60%, Christian 10%, indigenous beliefs 30%
POPULATION GROWTH RATE:
2.36% (2016 est.)
GOVERNMENT TYPE:
presidential republic
CAPITAL:
name: Freetown
INDEPENDENCE:
27 April 1961 (from the UK)
CONSTITUTION:
several previous; latest in effect 1 October 1991; amended several times, last in 2013 (2016)
LEGAL SYSTEM:
mixed legal system of English common law and customary law
GDP - real growth rate:
-21.5% (2015 est.)
4.6% (2014 est.)
20.7% (2013 est.)
GDP - composition, by sector of origin:
agriculture: 71.6%
industry: 7.3%
services: 21.1% (2015 est.)
AGRICULTURE - products:
rice, coffee, cocoa, palm kernels, palm oil, peanuts, cashews; poultry, cattle, sheep, pigs; fish
INDUSTRIES:
diamond mining; iron ore, rutile and bauxite mining; small-scale manufacturing (beverages, textiles, footwear)
EXPORTS:
$569.4 million (2015 est.)
$1.282 billion (2014 est.)
EXPORTS - commodities:
Iron ore, diamonds, rutile, cocoa, coffee, fish
Exports - partners:
China 31.3%, Belgium 27.8%, Romania 11.3%, US 7.3%, India 4% (2015)
IMPORTS:
$1.575 billion (2015 est.)
$1.635 billion (2014 est.)
IMPORTS - commodities:
foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, fuels and lubricants, chemicals
IMPORTS - partners:
China 23%, India 7.9%, US 6.4%, Netherlands 5.1% (2015)
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