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

Country area (aprox)
Country code
Country domain
Botanical Gardens
Forests
Zoos

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