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Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is borered by Guinea in the northeast, Liberia in the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean in the southwest. Sierra Leone covers a total area of 71,740 sq km (27,699 sq mi) and has a tropical climate, with a diverse environment ranging from savannah to rainforests.Freetown is the capital, seat of government, and largest city. Other major cities in the country with a population over 100,000 are Bo, Kenema, Koidu Town and Makeni.

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  • West African country in whose mountains you could spend leones
  • Appropriately, the monetary unit of this west African country is the Leone
  • The blue on this west African nation's flag represents the harbor at Freetown, the capital
  • The meaning of this country's name is "lion mountains"
  • In 2000 Foday Sankoh's forces in this west African country took U.N. peacekeepers hostage
  • This African country is named from the Portuguese for "lion mountains"
  • Kanye West took on the issue of blood diamonds in "Diamonds From" this African country
  • "A Long Way Gone" is Ishmael Beah's memoir of being a boy soldier in this war-torn West African country
  • This west African country's city of Freetown was founded in 1787 as a haven for freed slaves
  • In 1998 Nigerian-led forces captured Freetown, ousting the junta that controlled this African country
  • This West Coast African country with a Portuguese name was, like Liberia, founded as a nation for freed slaves
  • This African country's name is from the Spanish for "Lion Mountains"

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