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Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone


Government: Constitutional democracy.


Capital:Freetown,Languages: English (official), Mende (southern vernacular), Temne (northern vernacular), Krio (lingua franca) Ethnicity/race: Temne 35%, Mende 31%, Limba 8%, Kono 5%, Kriole 2% (descendants of freed Jamaican slaves who were settled in the Freetown area in the late-18th century; also known as Krio), Mandingo 2%, Loko 2%, other 15% (includes refugees from Liberia's recent civil war, and small numbers of Europeans, Lebanese, Pakistanis, and Indians) (2008 census) Religions: Islam 60%, indigenous 30%, Christian 10% Literacy rate: 43.3% (2011 est.) Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2013 est.): $9.156 billion; per capita $1,400. Real growth rate: 13.3%. Inflation:11.1%. Unemployment: n.a. Arable land: 15.33%. Agriculture: rice, coffee, cocoa, palm kernels, palm oil, peanuts; poultry, cattle, sheep, pigs; fish. Labor force: 2.207 million (2007 est.). Industries: diamond mining; iron ore, rutile and bauxite mining; small-scale manufacturing (beverages, textiles, cigarettes, footwear); petroleum refining, small commercial ship repair. Natural resources: diamonds, titanium ore, bauxite, iron ore, gold, chromite.Exports: $1.563 billion (2013): diamonds, rutile, cocoa, coffee, fish. Imports: $1.637 billion (2013): foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, fuels and lubricants, chemicals. Major trading partners: Belgium, U.S., UK, China, Japan, Turkey, South Africa, India (2012). Member of Commonwealth of Nations Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 18,000 (2012); mobile cellular: 2.21 million (2012). Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 9, shortwave 1 (2001). Radios: 1.12 million (1997). Television broadcast stations:2 (2007). Televisions: 53,000 (1997). Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 282 (2012). Internet users: 14,900 (2009). Transportation: Railways: total: 84 km used on a limited basis because the mine at Marampa is closed (2001).Highways: total: 11,330 km; paved: 904 km; unpaved: 10,396 km (2002). Waterways: 800 km; 600 km navigable year round. Ports and harbors: Freetown, Pepel, Sherbo Islands Airports: 8 (2013). International disputes: Sierra Leone opposes Guinean troops' continued occupation of Yenga, a small village on the Makona River that serves as a border with Guinea; Guinea's forces came to Yenga in the mid-1990s to help the Sierra Leonean military to suppress rebels and to secure their common border but have remained there even after both countries signed a 2005 agreement acknowledging that Yenga belonged to Sierra Leone; in 2012, the two sides signed a declaration to demilitarize the area.

राजधानी: फ़्रीटाउन,

सिएरा लियोन, अधिकारक तौर पर सिएरा लियोन का गणराज्यपश्चिमी अफ़्रीका का एक देश है जिस की सरहदों के उत्तर-पूर्व में गिनी, दक्षिण-पूर्व में लाईबेरिया और दक्षिण-पश्चिम में अंध महासागर हैं। इसकी जलवायु गर्मि-खंडीय है और वातावरण बहु-भांति है जिस में सावना (सूखे पेड़ और घास का मैदान) से ले कर ऊषण-कटिबंधीय क्षेत्र के घने जंगल शामिल हैं। इसका कुल क्षेत्रफ़ल ७१,७४० वर्ग कि॰मी॰ है और चार भौगोलिक क्षेत्रों में बांटा गया है: उत्तरी सूबा, पूर्वी सूबा, दक्षिणी सूबा और पश्चिमी क्षेत्र जो आगे से १४ ज़िलों में बाँटे गए हैं। इन ज़िलों की अपनी सीधे तौर पर चुनी हुई स्थानीय सरकार है जिसको ज़िला कौंसिल कहा जाता है और जिसका प्रमुख कौंसिल का सदर होता है।




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