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​  Sierra Leone  The still reestablishing democracy after the civial war that ended in 2002, which resulted in tens of thousands of deaths and the displacement of over 2 million people. Western Africa. 27,699 square miles. North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Liberia. Tropical, hot, humid, summer rainy season. (May-Dec.) winter dry season. (Dec.-April) 20 African groups. (90%) Creole (10%) Constitutional Democracy. 18 years of age. $806. Rice, coffee, cocoa, palm kernals, palm oils, peanuts, poultry, cattle, sheep, pigs, fish. $560. Muslim (60%) Christian (10%) Indigenous Beleifs (30%) Coastal belt of mangrove swamps, wooded hill country, upland plateau, mountains in the east. Diamonds, titanium ore, bauxtile, iron ore, gold, chromite. Arable: 7.95% Permanet crops: 1.05% Other: 91% Sand storms, Dust storms. Rapid population growth, over harvesting of timber, expansion of cattel grazing, and overfishing. English. Freetown. President Ernest Bai KOROMA. 2.3% of GDP. Leone. 3.8% of GDP. 6,294,774. 2.282% 0/1000 154.43 deaths/1000 live births. 40 (males) 43 (females) 47% (males) 24% (females) April 27, 1961 from the UK. Extremelly poor. na $216 million Internet Access:** 13,000.  Sierra Leone is not a good place for vactioning. There is a war going on and if either side finds you they will kill you if your not on there side. So this would not be the best place to go for vaction. **Flag:** The Sierra Leone flag has three horizantal strips of green, white, and blue. The green represents the resources of the earth. The white represents peace and unity. And the blue symbolizes the coastal water.
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