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National Government
Sierra Leone Government

National Law Ministry
NA

National Police
Police

National Capital
Freetown

National Population
8 million to 9 million

Independence Day
April 27

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National Helplines
Police - 019
Ambulance / Fire - 999

National Languages
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 Freetown area, a lingua franca and a first language for 10 of the population but understood by 95)

National Currency
Sierra Leonean Leone
SLL

National Animal
the chimpanzee

National Bird
white-throated bee eater

National Flower
Giant potato lilac-star flower (Ipomoea mauritiana)

National Fruit



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Botanical Gardens
Forests
Zoos

Some people devote their life to help communities, animals, trees, climate. Its not their job. Its their passion.

Within these people, we have social greats whose work has or had great impact.

Some may be highly educated but social work is their priority. Some greats have not even gone to school, but their help started with just few but over the years, it had great impact.

We are sharing such social greats and though we know that any democratic country is governed by politicians, we will not take any individual who is from any political party or to does antigovernment activism ...