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Sierra Leone Thematic Maps

Country (long form)	Republic of Sierra Leone
Capital	Freetown
Total Area	27,698.97 sq mi 71,740.00 sq km (slightly smaller than South Carolina)
Population	5,426,618 (July 2001 est.)
Estimated Population in 2050	15,667,452
Languages	English (official, regular use limited to literate minority), Mende (principal vernacular in the south), Temne (principal vernacular in the north), Krio (English-based Creole, spoken by the descendants of freed Jamaican slaves who were settled in the Freetown area, a lingua franca and a first language for 10% of the population but understood by 95%)
Literacy	31.4% total, 45.4% male, 18.2% female (1995 est.)
Religions	Muslim 60%, indigenous beliefs 30%, Christian 10%
Life Expectancy	42.69 male, 48.61 female (2001 est.)
Government Type	constitutional democracy
Currency	1 leone (Le) = 100 cents
GDP (per capita)	$510 (2000 est.)
Industry	mining (diamonds); small-scale manufacturing (beverages, textiles, cigarettes, footwear); petroleum refining
Agriculture	rice, coffee, cocoa, palm kernels, palm oil, peanuts; poultry, cattle, sheep, pigs; fish
Arable Land	7%
Natural Resources	diamonds, titanium ore, bauxite, iron ore, gold, chromite