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Republic of Sierra Leone
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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 Detail Information:
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