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
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
Bordering
countries
Guinea, Liberia
Country
area (aprox)
Country
code
Country domain
Botanical
Gardens
Forests
Zoos
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