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Sierra Leone

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Sierra Leone

Land and People

English is the country's official language. Mende is the principal language of the south. Temne is the principal language of the north. Krio (English-based Creole) is spoken by about 10 percent of the population, but it is widely understood. Over 5 million people two major ethnic groups, tenne and predominate in the north and west English is official language

Food and Exports

Diamonds are Sierra Leone's most valuable export. Rice most important food crop also there is coffee cacao and palm kernels diamonds are what the country makes their most money off of.

Geography

Small country on the west coast of Africa between the countries of Liberia and guinea also borders the Atlantic ocean name means “lion mountains" name from Portuguese explorers before governed by Britain gained self-government in 1961 Freetown is capital city tropical climate May to October rainy season average temperatures 20-30 degrees Celsius 0.317 HDI and 158 world ranking

History and climate Sierra Leone is a small country on the west coast of Africa, created when the lands came inhabited. Situated just at the bulge of the continent. Its name, a curious one for a land and its people, means "mountains of the lion." Some say the name comes from the sound of the thunder rolling through the mountains during a storm, a fearsome sound like the roar of a huge lion. Name means “lion mountains" name from Portuguese explorers before governed by Britain gained self-government in 1961 Freetown is capital city tropical climate May to October rainy season average temperatures 20-30 degrees Celsius.

Bibliography

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Leone

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