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Sierra Leone
Capital: Freetown (1.5 million)
Population: 6,144,562
Land Area: 71,620 sq km (27,652 sq miles)
Land Division: 3 Provinces (Eastern, Northern, Southern) and 1 Area (Western)
Currency: Leone (SLL)
Languages: English (Official but limited to a 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%])
National Day: April 27 (Independence Day)
Religions: Muslim 60%, Christian 10%, Indigenous Beliefs 30%
Ethnicity: 20 African ethnic groups 90% (Temne 30%, Mende 30%, other 30%), Creole (Krio) 10% (descendants of initial freed Jamaican slaves in the late-18th century), refugees from Liberia's recent civil war, small numbers of Europeans, Lebanese, Pakistanis, and Indians
Sierra Leone's Map


Republic
Bank of Sierra Leone
1974-80 Issue

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Sierra Leone's 50 Cents (4-8-1984): Front Sierra Leone's 50 Cents (4-8-1984): Reverse P4e 50 Cents 4 August 1984 UNC €1.50 Archive Photo Icon
Sierra Leone's 1 Leone (4-8-1984): Front Sierra Leone's 1 Leone (4-8-1984): Reverse P5e 1 Leone 4 August 1984 UNC Archive Photo Icon

1988-93 Issue

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Sierra Leone's 50 Leones (27-4-1989): Front Sierra Leone's 50 Leones (27-4-1989): Reverse P17b 50 Leones 27 April 1989 UNC €4.50

1995-2003 Issue

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Sierra Leone's 500 Leones (15-7-1998): Front Sierra Leone's 500 Leones (15-7-1998): Reverse P23 500 Leones 15 July 1998 UNC Archive Photo Icon
Sierra Leone's 1,000 Leones (1-3-2003): Front Sierra Leone's 1,000 Leones (1-3-2003): Reverse P24 1,000 Leones 1 March 2003 UNC €10.00

2002-2004 Issue

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Sierra Leone's 2,000 Leones (4-8-2006): Front Sierra Leone's 2,000 Leones (4-8-2006): Reverse P27 2,000 Leones 4 August 2006 UNC €15.00

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