Sierra Leone

The capital is Freetown of this country of 6,017,643 people. Languages in use 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%). It's climate is tropical; hot, humid; summer rainy season (May to December); winter dry season (December to April). The currency is the leone and the country has an area of 71,620 km2. It's phone prefix is +232 and the electricity has 230 volts.

CIA - The World Factbook: Sierra Leone
Features map and brief descriptions of the geography, people, government, economy,..
www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/sl.html

Sierra Leone Web
News and information about Sierra Leone, including daily news and news archives, Sierra..
www.sierra-leone.org

Wikipedia - Sierra Leone
Hyperlinked encyclopedia article covers the history, government and politics, geography,..
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Leone

BBC News - Country Profile: Sierra Leone
Provides overview, key facts and events, timelines and leader profiles along with..
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/1061561.stm

University of Pennsylvania - African Studies Center: Sierra Leone
Provides comprehensive updates on Human Rights sitution in Sierra Leone .
www.africa.upenn.edu/Country_Specific/S_Leone.html

allAfrica.com - Sierra Leone
allAfrica: African news and information for a global audience.
allafrica.com/sierraleone

Sierra Leone
Travel to Sierra Leone — Unbiased reviews and great deals from .
www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107959.html

Sierra Leone Travel and Tourism Information
Comprehensive Travel website for Sierra Leone.
www.visitsierraleone.org

The Republic of Sierra Leone State House Online
Website dedicated to sending out information from President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah of..
www.statehouse-sl.org

Sierra Leone (05/06)
Facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy,..
www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5475.htm

IRIN News - Sierra Leone
The Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) is a humanitarian news agency..
www.irinnews.org/frontpage.asp?SelectRegion=West_Africa&SelectCountry=Sierra_Leone

HRW WORLD ATLAS - Sierra Leone
Skip Navigation Links.
go.hrw.com/atlas/norm_htm/sraleone.htm

Lonely Planet - World Guide: Sierra Leone
Comprehensive facts and advice for traveling along with background material on the..
www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/africa/sierra-leone

GlobalIssues.org - Sierra Leone
This part of the globalissues.
www.globalissues.org/Geopolitics/Africa/SierraLeone.asp

Stanford University - Africa South of the Sahara: Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone on the Internet.
library.stanford.edu/africa/sierra.html

Sierra Leone in the Yahoo! Directory
Yahoo!
dir.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries/Sierra_Leone

Governments on the WWW: Sierra Leone
Links to websites of governmental institutions and political parties in Sierra Leone.
www.gksoft.com/govt/en/sl.html

The Special Court for Sierra Leone
Official web-site of the Special Court for Sierra Leone.
www.sc-sl.org

University of Texas Libraries - Sierra Leone Maps
Country, city and thematic maps from the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection at..
www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/sierra_leone.html

Sierra Leone Radio
Internet radio for Sierra Leoneans across the world.
www.sierraleoneradio.net

MBendi - Sierra Leone
An MBendi Profile: An MBendi Country Profile for Sierra Leone including economic and..
www.mbendi.co.za/land/af/sl/p0005.htm

Sierra Leone - Freetown
Ambassador Hull and entourage toured the Southern District this week.
freetown.usembassy.gov

Sierra Leone - Bank of Sierra Leone
Includes banking guidelines for diamond exporters.
www.bankofsierraleone-centralbank.org

Sierra Leone: A Call for Justice (2001)
Home page - Human Rights in Sierra Leone Conficts.
www.hrw.org/campaigns/sleone

Human Rights Watch: Sierra Leone
News and detailed reports on the situation in the country.
hrw.org/doc?t=africa&c=sierra

Ethnologue - Languages of Sierra Leone
Information about the living languages of the African country including language map,..
www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=Sierra+Leone

Sierra Leone
Country information for business, education and travel in Africa;
us-africa.tripod.com/sierra.html

World Bank Group in Sierra Leone
Provides country brief and profile, Millennium Development Goals and Regional Integration..
www.worldbank.org/sl

Travel Advice for Sierra Leone - Australian Department of Foreign ...
Australia does not have an Embassy or Consulate in Sierra Leone.
www.smartraveller.gov.au/zw-cgi/view/Advice/Sierra_Leone

US State Department - Sierra Leone Consular Information Sheet
Information for US Citizens Travelling abroad.
travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1016.html