# ᱥᱤᱭᱮᱨᱟ ᱞᱤᱭᱚᱱ

**ᱥᱤᱭᱮᱨᱟ ᱞᱤᱭᱚᱱ** ( /sɪˈɛərə lɪˈəʊni,\_ʔlɪˈəʊn/) ᱯᱚᱪᱮ ᱟᱯᱷᱨᱤᱠᱟ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱫᱤᱥᱚᱢ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱫᱤᱥᱚᱢ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱟᱨᱠᱟᱨᱤ ᱧᱩᱛᱩᱢ **ᱥᱤᱭᱮᱨᱟ ᱞᱤᱭᱚᱱ ᱯᱨᱚᱡᱟᱛᱚᱱᱛᱨᱚ**᱾ ᱥᱤᱭᱮᱨᱟ ᱞᱤᱭᱚᱱ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱮᱛᱚᱢ ᱥᱮᱫ ᱜᱤᱱᱤ ᱟᱨ ᱥᱟᱢᱟᱝ-ᱠᱚᱧᱮ ᱥᱮᱫ ᱞᱟᱭᱵᱮᱨᱤᱭᱟ ᱫᱤᱥᱚᱢ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ-ᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱯᱟᱪᱮ-ᱠᱚᱧᱮ ᱥᱮᱫ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱴᱞᱟᱱᱴᱤᱠ ᱢᱟᱦᱟᱫᱚᱨᱭᱟ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ-ᱟ᱾ ᱫᱤᱥᱚᱢ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱨᱟᱡᱽᱜᱟᱲ ᱫᱚ ᱯᱷᱨᱤᱴᱟᱣᱭᱩᱱ᱾

| ᱥᱤᱭᱮᱨᱟ ᱞᱤᱭᱚᱱ ᱯᱨᱚᱡᱟᱛᱚᱱᱛᱨᱚ Republic of Sierra Leone |
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| **ᱫᱤᱥᱚᱢ ᱟᱹᱱᱟᱹᱭᱩᱨ :**"Unity, Freedom, Justice" |
| **ᱡᱟᱹᱛᱤᱭᱟᱹᱨᱤ ᱥᱮᱱᱮᱨᱮᱧ:**"High We Exalt Thee, Realm of the Free"  |
| Sierra Leone ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱦᱟᱞᱪᱟᱞ Location of  ᱥᱤᱭᱮᱨᱟ ᱞᱤᱭᱚᱱ  (dark blue)– in Africa  (light blue & dark grey) – in the African Union  (light blue)  –  [Legend] |
| Sierra Leone ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱦᱟᱞᱪᱟᱞ  |
| **ᱨᱟᱡᱽᱜᱟᱲ** (and largest city) | ᱯᱷᱨᱤᱴᱟᱣᱭᱩᱱ
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| ᱨᱟᱡᱽ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ | ᱤᱝᱞᱤᱥ |
| ᱢᱤᱫ ᱢᱮᱱᱮᱫ | ᱥᱤᱭᱮᱨᱟ ᱞᱤᱭᱚᱱᱟᱱ
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| ᱥᱚᱨᱠᱟᱨ | ᱯᱨᱚᱡᱟᱛᱚᱱᱛᱨᱚ |
|  -  | President | ᱡᱩᱞᱤᱭᱟᱥ ᱢᱟᱫᱟ ᱵᱟᱭᱳ |
|  -  | Vice-President | ᱢᱩᱦᱟᱢᱢᱚᱫ ᱡᱩᱞᱫᱮᱦᱚ ᱡᱟᱞᱞᱳᱦᱚ |
|  -  | Chief Minister | ᱰᱮᱵᱷᱤᱰ ᱡᱮ. ᱯᱷᱨᱟᱱᱤᱥ |
|  -  | Speaker of Parliament | ᱟᱵᱵᱟᱥ ᱪᱮᱨᱱᱳᱨ ᱵᱩᱱᱫᱩ |
|  -  | Chief Justice | Desmond Babatunde Edwards |
| ᱞᱮᱡᱤᱥᱞᱟᱪᱚᱨ | Parliament |
| Independence |
|  -  | ᱥᱮᱞᱮᱫ ᱫᱤᱥᱟᱹᱢ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ | 27 April 1961  |
|  -  | Republic declared | 19 April 1971  |
| ᱮᱨᱤᱭᱟ |
|  -  | ᱞᱮᱠᱷᱟᱜᱩᱴ |  ᱗᱑,᱗᱔᱐ km2 (117th) ᱒᱗,᱖᱙᱙ m²  |
|  -  | ᱫᱟᱜ ᱦᱟᱹᱴᱤᱧ (%) | 1.1 |
| ᱦᱚᱲᱮᱞ |
|  -  | 2015 census | 7,092,113  |
|  -  | ᱥᱟᱝᱜᱮ | 97/ᱠᱤᱹᱢᱤᱹ୨ (114tha) ᱒᱐᱕.᱖/ᱜᱟᱺᱴ ᱢᱤᱹ |
| **ᱡᱤ.ᱰᱤ.ᱯᱤ** (ᱠᱤᱨᱤᱧ ᱫᱟᱲᱮ ᱵᱟᱨᱟᱵᱟᱹᱨᱤ) | 2018 ᱯᱟᱭᱛᱟᱨ |
|  -  | ᱡᱚᱛᱚᱨᱮ | $12.177 billion  |
|  -  | ᱦᱚᱲ ᱯᱤᱪᱷᱤ | $1,608  |
| **ᱡᱤ.ᱰᱤ.ᱯᱤ** (ᱞᱮᱠᱷᱟ ᱦᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ) | 2018 ᱞᱮᱠᱷᱟᱥᱚᱝ |
|  -  | ᱞᱮᱠᱷᱟᱜᱩᱴ | $3.824 billion  |
|  -  | ᱦᱚᱲ ᱯᱤᱪᱷᱤ | $505  |
| **ᱡᱤᱱᱤ** (2018) | 35.7  |
| **ᱢᱟᱹᱱᱢᱤ ᱩᱛᱱᱟᱹᱣ ᱩᱱᱩᱫᱩᱜ** (2018) | 0.438 (181st) |
| ᱠᱟᱹᱣᱰᱤ | Leone (`SLL`)  |
| ᱛᱟᱹᱨᱤ ᱚᱠᱛᱚ | GMT (ᱭᱩᱴᱤᱥᱤ ) |
| ᱦᱚᱨ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱷᱟᱨᱮ ᱛᱮ ᱛᱟᱲᱟᱢ ᱢᱮ | rightb |
| ᱤᱱᱴᱚᱨᱱᱮᱴ ᱴᱤᱹᱮᱞᱹᱰᱤᱹ | .sl |
| ᱯᱷᱚᱱ ᱠᱳᱰ | +232 |

ᱯᱷᱨᱤᱴᱟᱣᱭᱩᱱ ᱜᱮ ᱫᱤᱥᱚᱢ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱝ ᱥᱟᱦᱟᱨ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱟᱯᱟᱨ-ᱵᱟᱹᱱᱤᱡᱽ, ᱠᱟᱹᱣᱰᱤᱟᱹᱨᱤ ᱟᱨ ᱨᱟᱡᱽᱟᱹᱨᱤ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱛᱟᱞᱢᱟ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱵᱳ ᱥᱤᱭᱮᱨᱟ ᱞᱤᱭᱚᱱ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱫᱚᱥᱟᱨ ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱝ ᱥᱟᱦᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱣᱟ ᱫᱤᱥᱚᱢ ᱫᱚ ᱛᱩᱲᱩᱭ ᱜᱚᱴᱟᱱ ᱚᱛᱱᱚᱜ ᱚᱱᱪᱚᱞ ᱨᱮ ᱦᱟᱹᱴᱤᱝ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱪᱮᱫ ᱞᱮᱠᱟ; ᱥᱟᱢᱟᱝ, ᱮᱛᱚᱢ, ᱯᱟᱪᱮ-ᱮᱛᱚᱢ, ᱠᱚᱧᱮ ᱟᱨ ᱯᱟᱪᱮ᱾ ᱱᱚᱣᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱟᱵᱟᱨ ᱜᱮᱞᱛᱩᱨᱩᱭ ᱜᱚᱴᱟᱱ ᱥᱟᱵᱰᱤᱵᱷᱤᱥᱟᱱ ᱨᱮ ᱦᱟᱹᱴᱤᱝ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾

## ᱱᱟᱜᱟᱢ

## ᱚᱛᱱᱚᱜ

ᱥᱤᱭᱮᱨᱟ ᱞᱤᱭᱚᱱ ᱟᱯᱷᱨᱤᱠᱟᱱ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱯᱟᱪᱮ ᱥᱮᱫ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱣᱟ ᱫᱤᱥᱚᱢ ᱫᱚ ᱗᱑,᱗᱔0 ᱠᱤᱢᱤ²(᱓᱗,᱖᱙᱙ sq ᱢᱤᱴᱟᱨ) ᱛᱮ ᱯᱟᱥᱱᱟᱣ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱥᱤᱭᱮᱨᱟ ᱞᱤᱭᱚᱱ ᱯᱩᱱᱭᱟ ᱚᱛᱱᱚᱜ ᱚᱱᱪᱚᱞ ᱨᱮ ᱦᱟᱹᱴᱤᱝ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱫᱤᱥᱚᱢ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱟᱢᱟᱝ ᱥᱮᱫ ᱞᱩᱜᱷᱩ ᱵᱩᱨᱩ(plateau) ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ-ᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱱᱚᱰᱮ ᱜᱮ ᱫᱤᱥᱚᱢ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱟᱱᱟᱢ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱩᱥᱩᱞ ᱵᱩᱨᱩ ᱢᱟᱭᱩᱱᱴ ᱵᱩᱱᱛᱩᱢᱟᱱᱤ(᱑᱙᱔᱘ ᱢᱤᱴᱟᱨ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ-ᱟ᱾

## ᱠᱟᱹᱣᱰᱤᱟᱹᱨᱤ

ᱥᱤᱭᱮᱨᱟ ᱞᱤᱭᱚᱱ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱹᱣᱰᱤᱟᱹᱨᱤ ᱨᱮ ᱠᱷᱟᱫᱟᱱ ᱜᱮ ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱝ-ᱟ ᱱᱚᱰᱮ ᱱᱟᱜ ᱢᱩᱨᱩᱫ ᱠᱷᱟᱫᱟᱱ ᱫᱷᱟᱹᱛᱩ ᱠᱚ ᱢᱩᱫ ᱨᱮ ᱦᱤᱨᱟᱹ, ᱴᱟᱭᱴᱟᱱᱤᱭᱟᱢ, ᱵᱚᱠᱥᱟᱭᱤᱴ, ᱥᱚᱱᱟ ᱮᱢᱟᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ-ᱟ᱾ ᱮᱱᱛᱮ ᱨᱮᱦᱚ ᱱᱚᱣᱟ ᱫᱤᱥᱚᱢ ᱨᱮᱱ ᱗0% ᱦᱚᱲ ᱨᱮᱜᱮᱡᱽ ᱥᱤᱢᱟᱹ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱞᱟᱛᱟᱨ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱠᱚᱣᱟ᱾

## ᱵᱟᱦᱚᱨᱮ ᱡᱚᱱᱚᱲ

Government
* The Republic of Sierra Leone official government site
* Chief of State and Cabinet Members Archived ᱒᱐᱑᱕-᱐᱙-᱐᱕ at the Wayback Machine.
* Ministry of Mineral Resources official government minerals site
* thepatrioticvanguard.com *The Patriotic Vanguard* – official government newspaper

General information
* Country Profile, BBC News
* "Sierra Leone". *The World Factbook*. Central Intelligence Agency.
* Sierra Leone, *UCB Libraries GovPubs*
* ᱥᱤᱭᱮᱨᱟ ᱞᱤᱭᱚᱱ at Curlie
* Wikimedia Atlas of Sierra Leone
* Geographic data related to ᱥᱤᱭᱮᱨᱟ ᱞᱤᱭᱚᱱ at OpenStreetMap
* Key Development Forecasts for Sierra Leone, International Futures

News media
* *Awareness Times* Newspaper
* *The New People*, Newspaper
* News headline links, AllAfrica.com
* Sierra Leone News & Blog Archived ᱒᱐᱑᱕-᱐᱙-᱑᱙ at the Wayback Machine., Current Sierra Leone News & Blog

Trade
* Sierra Leone 2002 Summary Trade Statistics

Tourism
* Sierra Leone National Tourist Board, Official Government site

Telecommunication
* Sierra Leone, telecom

Other
* Sierra Leone Forum
* Friends of Sierra Leone
* Schools for Salone, non-profit dedicated to rebuilding schools
* ENCISS civil society and governance
* The Auradicals Club, Student Club in Fourah Bay College
* Sierra Leone Web
* *Sweet Salone*, 2008 film on new music in Sierra Leone
* War Crimes Trials in Sierra Leone
* Hurrarc – Human Rights Respect Awareness Raising Campaigners, Sierra Leone NGO
* Environmental Justice Foundation's report on pirate fishing in Sierra Leone
* *Stories from Lakka Beach* Archived ᱒᱐᱑᱔-᱐᱖-᱒᱙ at the Wayback Machine., 2011 documentary about life in a post-conflict beach town

## ᱥᱟᱹᱠᱷᱭᱟᱹᱛ