Sierra Leone Area Code

+232 is the dialing code for Sierra Leone.

West African Sierra Leone was built by freed slaves under British supervision from the late 18th century. After independence in 1961, the country became a one-party state in 1978, after which mismanagement and economic decay led to civil war throughout the 1990s. The war became notorious for brutal attacks on the civilian population. A record UN effort put an end to the war, and with the UN’s help, a democratic society has been able to take shape.

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Geography and climate

Sierra Leone Area Code

Sierra Leone is located on the west coast of Africa and borders south-east to Liberia and north and east to Guinea; to the southwest is the Atlantic. The land is on the surface somewhat smaller than Svealand.

Sierra Leone is one of the few countries in Africa that has an archipelago-like coast. The low-lying coastal region consists of lagoons, estuaries and long ridges. During the rainy season, large parts of the coastal plains are flooded.

Around the capital Freetown are steep mountains and cliffs with a maximum height of almost 900 meters above sea level. In the south, the landscape is characterized by wooded hills. To the east lies the Loma Mountains with heights of up to 2,000 meters above sea level.

Sierra Leone has a tropical rainforest and savannah climate. The rainy season falls during May – October.

The climate is humid in West Africa; on the coast, up to 5,000 mm of rain can fall annually. At the beginning of the dry season, the dusty wind blows the Harmattan in from the Sahara desert.

Country Facts

Geography

Cultivated land 56.2 %
Land area 71740 km 2

Population and health

Population development 2.35 ‰
Urban population (Urbanization) 39.9 %
Death rate 10.81 per 1000 residents
Life expectancy: Women 60.42 years
Life expectancy: Men 55.23 years
Birth rate 37.03 births per 1000 residents
HDI index 0.413
Population 5879098
Infant mortality 71.68 deaths / 1000 births

Population Graph Source: Countryaah.com

Energy

Electricity, production 145 million kWh
Energy consumption per resident kg. oil per resident
Natural gas, production million cubic meters
Crude oil, production million tons

Infrastructure

Internet users 1.5 per 100 residents
Mobile subscriptions 83 per 100 residents
Passenger cars 6 per 1000 residents

Business and economics

Unemployment % of the workforce
GDP 1600 per resident
Primary occupations %
Secondary profession %
Tertiary professions %

FACTS – GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE

Surface

71 740 km2 (2018)

Time

Swedish – 1 hour

Adjacent country (s)

Liberia, Guinea

Capital with number of residents

Freetown approximately 1.2 million

Other major cities

Kenema, Bo, Koidu and Makeni

Highest mountain

Loma Mansa (Mount Bintumani) (1,945 yd)

Important rivers

Sewa, Mongo, Moa

Average Precipitation / month

Freetown 800 mm (Aug), 8 mm (Feb)

Average / day

Freetown 28 °C (March), 19 °C (July-Aug)

2016

April

Tear gas against opposition supporters

April 27

During the celebration of the country’s national day, a number of SLPP supporters are arrested, according to police, because they were masked when they walked out onto the street. The SLPP claims that they applied for permission to celebrate outside their party headquarters, but received no such. National Day is usually celebrated under carnival-like forms.

March

Abortion team on new referral

President Koroma decides not to sign the new abortion law passed by Parliament unanimously (see November 2015 and January 2016). Instead, he passes the law to the commission that reviews the country’s constitution. He thus wants to take the Commission’s views into account if it is to be included in their draft revised constitution.

January

The president rejects new abortion law

The new law has received criticism from both Christian and Muslim leaders. As a result, President Koromo does not sign the new abortion law, which was passed in November 2015, but sends it back to Parliament for a review. For now, the old law of 1861, when Sierra Leone was a British colony, applies. It only allows abortion if the mother’s life is in danger.

New death in ebola

A woman in the northern part of the country is reported to have died in the disease. A hundred people are quarantined.