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.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Sierra Leone canonical	226
Republic of Sierra Leone	4
British Sierra Leone	1
Sierra Leone (historically)	1
Sierra Leone (maritime boundary)	1
Sierra Leone coast	1

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	Sierra Leone self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ ECOWAS ⓘ surface form: 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 (234)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Commonwealth countries → hasMember → Sierra Leone ⓘ

GMT → observedAsStandardTimeIn → Sierra Leone ⓘ

West African languages → areSpokenIn → Sierra Leone ⓘ

Bureau of African Affairs → appliesPolicyTo → Sierra Leone ⓘ

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation → hasMemberState → Sierra Leone ⓘ

Liberia → borderCountry → Sierra Leone ⓘ

Niger–Congo languages → spokenIn → Sierra Leone ⓘ

Fulani → presentInCountry → Sierra Leone ⓘ

West Africa → containsCountry → Sierra Leone ⓘ

ECOWAS → memberState → Sierra Leone ⓘ

ECA Subregional Office for West Africa → countryServed → Sierra Leone ⓘ

2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak → countryAffected → Sierra Leone ⓘ

2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak → hardestHitCountryByCases → Sierra Leone ⓘ

Sub-Saharan Africa → contains → Sierra Leone ⓘ

Haredi Jews → populationCenter → Sierra Leone ⓘ

Diamonds Are Forever → setting → Sierra Leone ⓘ

Royal African Company → tradingRegion → Sierra Leone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sierra Leone coast

Sierra Leone → colonialName → Sierra Leone self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Sierra Leone

Niger River → drainageBasinCountry → Sierra Leone ⓘ

Mandinka → spokenIn → Sierra Leone ⓘ

ECCAS → memberState → Sierra Leone ⓘ

CEN-SAD → memberState → Sierra Leone ⓘ

Second Liberian Civil War → involved → Sierra Leone ⓘ

Black Loyalists → resettledIn → Sierra Leone ⓘ

Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) → hasMember → Sierra Leone ⓘ

Guinea → borderedBy → Sierra Leone ⓘ

American Loyalists → destinationOfExile → Sierra Leone ⓘ

Crown colony → example → Sierra Leone ⓘ

Partners In Health → operatesIn → Sierra Leone ⓘ

Sierra Leone’s Order of the Rokel (via PIH work recognition) → country → Sierra Leone ⓘ

subject surface form: Order of the Rokel

Sierra Leone’s Order of the Rokel (via PIH work recognition) → awardingJurisdiction → Sierra Leone ⓘ

subject surface form: Order of the Rokel

this entity surface form: Republic of Sierra Leone

Islamic Development Bank → hasMember → Sierra Leone ⓘ

Danny Archer → deathPlace → Sierra Leone ⓘ

Atlantic–Congo languages → areSpokenIn → Sierra Leone ⓘ

Blood Diamond → setInCountry → Sierra Leone ⓘ

FAO Major Fishing Area 34 → coversWatersOf → Sierra Leone ⓘ

Fulfulde → spokenIn → Sierra Leone ⓘ

Fula language → spokenIn → Sierra Leone ⓘ

Mande languages → spokenIn → Sierra Leone ⓘ

Mano River Union → foundedBy → Sierra Leone ⓘ

Mano River Union → foundingMember → Sierra Leone ⓘ

Mano River Union → memberState → Sierra Leone ⓘ

Mano River Union → headquartersCountry → Sierra Leone ⓘ

General of the Army → isUsedByCountry → Sierra Leone ⓘ

Pulaar → spokenIn → Sierra Leone ⓘ

ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development → countryOfMembers → Sierra Leone ⓘ

Commonwealth of Nations → hasMemberState → Sierra Leone ⓘ

Artemis Accords → countrySignatory → Sierra Leone ⓘ

Diamonds from Sierra Leone → notableLyricReference → Sierra Leone ⓘ

Royal Navy West Africa Squadron enforcement → hasBaseOfOperations → Sierra Leone ⓘ