Sierra Leone

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country in West Africa sovereign state

Sierra Leone is a West African nation on the Atlantic coast, known for its diamond resources, diverse cultures, and history as a center for freed slaves.

Aliases (3)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	country in West Africa → sovereign state →
borderCountry	Guinea → Liberia →
borderFeature	Atlantic Ocean →
callingCode	+232 →
capital	Freetown →
civilWar	Sierra Leone Civil War →
civilWarEnd	2002 →
civilWarStart	1991 →
climate	tropical →
colonialName	British Sierra Leone →
continent	Africa →
currency	Sierra Leonean leone →
drivesOn	right →
ethnicGroup	Krio people → Limba → Mende → Temne →
formerColonialPower	United Kingdom →
foundedCityForFreedSlaves	Freetown →
governmentType	unitary presidential republic →
hasNationalSymbol	coat of arms of Sierra Leone → flag of Sierra Leone →
headOfStateTitle	President of Sierra Leone →
historicalRole	settlement for freed slaves →
independenceDate	1961-04-27 →
independenceFrom	United Kingdom →
internetTLD	.sl →
ISO3166-1Alpha2	SL →
ISO3166-1Alpha3	SLE →
knownFor	alluvial diamond deposits → diverse ethnic groups →
largestCity	Freetown →
legislature	Parliament of Sierra Leone →
locatedOn	Atlantic Ocean →
majorReligion	Christianity → Islam →
memberOf	African Union → Commonwealth of Nations → Economic Community of West African States → United Nations →
nationalLanguage	Krio →
naturalResource	bauxite → diamonds → gold → rutile →
officialLanguage	English →
region	West Africa →
timeZone	Greenwich Mean Time →

Referenced by (72)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Fula language → Fulfulde → Krio language → Mande languages → Mandinka → Niger–Congo languages → Pulaar →	spokenIn
Freetown → Guinean forests of West Africa → Mandinka people → Order of the Rokel → United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response →	country
CEN-SAD → ECCAS → ECOWAS → Mano River Union →	memberState
Commonwealth countries → Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) → Islamic Development Bank →	hasMember
Atlantic–Congo languages → West African languages →	areSpokenIn
ECA Subregional Office for West Africa → UNMEER →	countryServed
Commonwealth of Nations → Organisation of Islamic Cooperation →	hasMemberState
Ebola virus disease →	affectedCountries
Bureau of African Affairs →	appliesPolicyTo
Order of the Rokel ("Republic of Sierra Leone") →	awardingJurisdiction
Liberia →	borderCountry
Guinea →	borderedBy
Guéckédou Prefecture →	bordersCountry
Freetown →	capitalOf
Sierra Leone ("British Sierra Leone") →	colonialName
Sub-Saharan Africa →	contains
West Africa →	containsCountry
2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak →	countryAffected
ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development →	countryOfMembers
Artemis Accords →	countrySignatory
FAO Major Fishing Area 34 →	coversWatersOf
Danny Archer →	deathPlace
American Loyalists →	destinationOfExile
Niger River →	drainageBasinCountry
Meliandou →	epidemicSpreadTo
Crown colony →	example
Mano River Union →	foundedBy
Mano River Union →	foundingMember
Eco →	geographicalScope
rVSV-ZEBOV →	geographicUse
2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak →	hardestHitCountryByCases
Royal Navy West Africa Squadron enforcement →	hasBaseOfOperations
Krio language →	hasCountry
Krio language →	hasPrimaryRegion
Mano River Union →	headquartersCountry
British West Africa →	includes
Second Liberian Civil War →	involved
General of the Army →	isUsedByCountry
Freetown →	largestCityOf
Meliandou →	nearBorderWith
Zaire ebolavirus →	notableEpidemicRegion
Diamonds from Sierra Leone →	notableLyricReference
British West Africa →	nowPartOf
GMT →	observedAsStandardTimeIn
Partners In Health →	operatesIn
United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response →	operatingArea
Haredi Jews →	populationCenter
Fulani →	presentInCountry
Black Loyalists →	resettledIn
Blood Diamond →	setInCountry
Diamonds Are Forever →	setting
Treaty of Lagos →	signatory
Royal African Company ("Sierra Leone coast") →	tradingRegion
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty →	usesCaseStudy