Sierra Léone, ngaran resmina Republic of Sierra Léone, mangrupa nagara di Afrika Kulon. Nagara ieu wawatesan jeung Gini di  béh kaler sarta Liberia di kiduleunnana, kalayan Samudra Atlantik di  béh kulonna. Ngaran Sierra Léone dicokot tina ngaran dina Basa Portugis keur nagara ieu: Serra Leoa. Hartina "Lion Mountain Range". Salila taun 1700-an Sierra Léone mangrupa puseur penting perdagangan transatlantik keur urang Afrika nu jadi budak. Ibu kota Freetown ngadeg taun 1787 (meunang piagemna taun 1792) ku Pausahaan Sierra Leone minangka salah sahiji tempat keur urang Afrika nu jadi budak nu geus ngalawan Britania samangsa Perang Kamerdikaan Amérika. Taun 1808, Freetown jadi Jajahan Makuta (Crown Colony) Britania, sarta taun 1896, jero nagara jadi Protéktorat Britania. Crown Colony jeung Protektorat ngahiji sarta meunang kamerdikaan taun 1961. Ti taun 1991 nepi ka 2002, nagara ieu katarajang pangaruh serangan nu baruntak nu ngancurkeunnana. Keur mungkas petana pemberontak, PBB jeung balad Britania melucuti 17,000 milisi jeung pemberontak, dina peta miara perdaméyan panggedéna dina dekade harita. Rarata harepan hirup mangsa babar di Sierra Léone nyaéta 38 taun keur lalaki sarta 43 taun keur wanoja.

Sajarah

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Rujukan

Tumbu luar 
 US Department of State travel information 
 US Department of State International Religious Freedom Report 2003
 CIA World Factbook - Sierra Leone 
 Government
 The Republic of Sierra Leone official government site

 Warta
 allAfrica.com - Sierra Leone news héadline links
 - www.focus-on-sierra-leone.co.uk - On 20 March 2001, the Government of Sierra Léone submitted a ‘without notice’ application to the Chancery Division of the High Court in London and obtained an order to freeze the accounts of one Edward Davenport.

 Sawangan
 Open Directory Project - Sierra Leone  directory category

 Diskusi
 SierraLeone.com discussion forum
 Enhancing the Interaction and Interface between Civil Society and the State to Improve Poor Peoples Lives ENCISS website
 'Visit Sierra Leone - Travel and Business Advice Forum' 

 Blog
 'Visit Sierra Leone Blog' 
 'Sweet Sierra Leone Blog'
 'Live From Freetown, Sierra Leone' 

 Wisata

 National Tourist Board of Sierra Leone  official site
 Visit Sierra Leone Travel and Tourism information

 Lianna
 Expedition Sustainable Sierra Leone 
 Dossier about Sierra Leone from Freedomhouse.org
 Refugee matters in Sierra Leone - UNHCR information portal
 Sierra Leone Business Directory 
 Sierra Leone Encyclopedia 2006
 Sierra Leone Web
 UNAMSIL
 Mineral resources of Sierra Leone 
 War Crimes Trials in Sierra Leone

Budaya 
 Black composer, father from Sierra Léone: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

 
Nagara anggota Uni Afrika
Nagara nu basana Basa Inggris
Komunitas Ékonomi Nagara-nagara Afrika Kulon
Anggota Persemakmuran
Nagara miskin