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| • | |-| align=center style="vertical-align: top;" colspan=2 | National motto: Unity - Freedom - Justice|-| align=center colspan=2 style="background: #ffffff;" | |-| Official language| English|-| Capital| Freetown|-| President| Ahmad Tejan Kabbah|-| Area - Total - % water| Ranked 116th 71,740 km² 0.2%|-| Population - Total (2000) - Density| Ranked 102nd 5,426,618 76/km²|-|HDI (2003) || 0.298 (176th) ࢀ&#-2976;low|-| Independence| April 27, 1961|-| Currency| Leone|-| Time zone| UTC|-| National anthem| High We Exalt Thee, Realm of the Free|-| Internet TLD| |-| Calling Code| 232|}The Republic of Sierra Leone is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea on the north and Liberia on the south, with the Atlantic Ocean on the west. The name Sierra Leone was adapted from the Portuguese version: Sera Lyoa. The original meaning was "Lion Mountains." During the 1700s it was an important centre of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Much like neighbouring Liberia, it was founded by freed slaves, who in 1791 founded the capital, Freetown. In 1808, Freetown became a British Crown Colony British Empire, and then the interior of the country became a British Protectorate in 1896). The Crown Colony and Protectorate j
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