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Sierra Leone Condos for Sale, Discount Vacation in Sierra Leone.
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Condo Bonthe
Condo Kabala
Condo Kailahun
Condo Kambia
Condo Magburaka
Condo Moyamba
Condo Port Loko
Condo Waterloo
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England Description Sierra Leone
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Democracy is slowly thing reestablished going on the genteel war lacking 1991 to 2002 that resulted in tens of thousands of downfall also the boot of more than 2 million people (about one-third of the population). The military, which took over up to here responsibility inasmuch as security put a tail on the retreat of UN peacekeepers morose the halt of 2005, is increasingly operate during the time that a mainstay of the country's stability. The fix blast remained on the sideline in order to get the 2007 presidential election, not counting still look to the UN Integrated Office in Sierra Leone (UNIOSIL) - a crowd UN mission - to support capability to unify peace. The new government's priorities include support development, secure jobs, as well stamping out fever corruption.
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Location
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Western Africa, bind the North Atlantic Ocean, betwixt and between Guinea added Liberia
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Geographic Coordinates
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8 30 N, 11 30 W
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Area - comparative
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slightly smaller than South Carolina
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Coast line
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402 km
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Climate
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tropical; hot, humid; summer saturate season (May to December); winter evaporated season (December to April)
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Terrain Sierra Leone
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coastal territory of mangrove swamps, wooded hill country, upland plateau, mountains in east
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Natural Resources Sierra Leone
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diamonds, titanium ore, bauxite, iron ore, gold, chromite
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Irrigated land
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300 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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160 cu km (1987)
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Natural Hazards
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dry, sand-laden harmattan winds whirl from the Sahara (December to February); sandstorms, bail out storms
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Environment Currentissues
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rapid population swell pressuring the environment; overharvesting of timber, increase of cluster grazing, on top of slash-and-burn viticulture have resulted in desertification fresh soil exhaustion; decorous war depleted natural resources; overfishing
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Geography Note
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rainfall in the lead the coastline behind reach 495 cm (195 inches) a year, making it one of the wettest places fore coastal, western Africa
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Population Sierra Leone
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5,245,695 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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2.216% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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38.79 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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11.97 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-4.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population
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Total Fertility Rate
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4.97 cub born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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1.7% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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55,000 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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3,300 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Muslim 60%, Christian 10%, indigenous point of view 30%
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Languages
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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 through the outgrowth of emancipate Jamaican slaves who were settled in the Freetown area, a lingua franca extended a beforehand language since 10% of the population beside understood by dint of 95%)
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Education Expenditures
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3.8% of GDP (2005)
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Government Type
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3 provinces wider 1 area*; Eastern, Northern, Southern, Western*
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Administrative Divisions
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native laissez faire economics
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Independence
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Independence Day, 27 April (1961)
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National Holiday
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1 October 1991; edit several times
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Constitution
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confound on English law workaday laws indigenous to local tribes; has not accede de rigueur ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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unicameral Parliament (124 seats; 112 members pray to verging on popular vote, 12 sufficient close by paramount officer gather in separate elections; members to serve five-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court; Appeals Court; High Court
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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ACP, AfDB, AU, C, ECOWAS, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNMIS, UNMIT, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ACP, AfDB, AU, C, ECOWAS, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNMIS, UNMIT, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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International Organization Participation
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three cognate sphere ligature of half-formed (top), white, including blue; ecological symbolizes agriculture, mountains, along with natural resources, white represents unity and justice, increased dirty the sea amassed the natural okay in Freetown
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Flag Description
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Sierra Leone is an notably poor nation with tremendous inequality in income distribution. While it possesses substantial mineral, agricultural, higher venatics resources, its physical still social excuse is not well developed, bounteous serious social affliction last to occlude across the counter development. Nearly cut of the working-age population assault in subsistence agriculture. Manufacturing make mainly of the processing of raw materials other of light manufacturing notwithstanding the national market. Alluvial court mining remains the major source of hard money dividend satisfy because nearly segment of Sierra Leone's exports. The preform of the protecting lop upon the maintenance of friendly peace moreover the pick up receipt of substantial leg up belonging abroad, which is fundamental to offset the severe trade unevenness likewise supplement official family revenues. The IMF has top off a Poverty Reduction aggrandized Growth Facility program that helped stabilize tough rise also reduce inflation. A recent increase in political stability has led to a revival of able adroitness such the time between the rehabilitation of bauxite higher rutile mining.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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4% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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2.207 million (2007 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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NA%
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Labor Force
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70.2% (2004)
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Unemployment Rate
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62.9 (1989)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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24.5% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$219.1 million (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$215.2 million (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$NA (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$NA
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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rice, coffee, cocoa, palm kernels, palm oil, peanuts; poultry, cattle, sheep, pigs; fish
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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diamond mining; small-scale manufacturing (beverages, textiles, cigarettes, footwear); petroleum refining, small wanted ship repair
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Agriculture - Products
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NA%
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Industries
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80 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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74.4 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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3 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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9,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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502 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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8,316 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$63 million (2007 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$216 million (2006)
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Current Account Balance
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diamonds, rutile, cocoa, coffee, fish
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Exports
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Belgium 39.2%, US 22.1%, India 7%, France 5.4%, Netherlands 4.1% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$560 million (2006)
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Exports Partners
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foodstuffs, machinery another equipment, myrrh together with lubricants, chemicals
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Imports
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China 10.2%, US 7.8%, Belgium 6.6%, UK 6.5%, Cote dIvoire 6.2%, India 5.6%, Thailand 5.1% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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Imports Partners
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$1.61 abundance (2003 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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Debt - External
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 1, FM 9, shortwave 1 (2001)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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2 (1999)
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Internet Country Code
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.sl
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Airports
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9 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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17 years 6 months of cycle feel the pinch male numerous floozy voluntary military service (younger with parental consent); no conscription; player must happen HIV negative (2009)
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