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Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone is a country in Western Africa with its capital in Freetown.
- Capital
- Freetown
- Region
- Western Africa, Africa
- Population
- 9.1 million
- Languages
- English
- Currency
- Sierra Leonean leone (Le)
- Area
- 71,740 km²
- Borders
- 🇬🇳 Guinea 🇱🇷 Liberia
💡 Has the world's third-largest natural harbor; recovering from a brutal diamond war.
About the flag
The blue stripe represents the natural harbour at Freetown, one of the largest natural harbours in the world.
How to spot it: Plain green-white-blue horizontal stripes; Gabon has yellow in the middle instead of white.
Often confused with: 🇬🇦 Gabon