Sierra Leone Country Guide

Sierra Leone Facts

  • Capital: Freetown
  • Population: 5,525,000
  • Currency: leone (SLL)
  • Religions: Muslim 60%, indigenous beliefs 30%, Christian 10%
  • Government: constitutional democracy
  • 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%)
  • Climate: tropical; hot, humid; summer rainy season (May to December); winter dry season (December to April)
  • Phone Code: 232

Festivals in Sierra Leone

Freetown Film Festival (Freetown, Sierra Leone)
Festival Types: Film
Month: March
Freetown Film Festival Website

Sierra Leone Accommodation

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Sierra Leone Flights

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