ᱥᱤᱭᱮᱨᱟ ᱞᱤᱭᱚᱱ

ᱥᱤᱭᱮᱨᱟ ᱞᱤᱭᱚᱱ ( /sɪˈɛərə lɪˈəʊni,_ʔlɪˈəʊn/) ᱯᱚᱪᱮ ᱟᱯᱷᱨᱤᱠᱟ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱫᱤᱥᱚᱢ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱫᱤᱥᱚᱢ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱟᱨᱠᱟᱨᱤ ᱧᱩᱛᱩᱢ ᱥᱤᱭᱮᱨᱟ ᱞᱤᱭᱚᱱ ᱯᱨᱚᱡᱟᱛᱚᱱᱛᱨᱚ᱾ ᱥᱤᱭᱮᱨᱟ ᱞᱤᱭᱚᱱ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱮᱛᱚᱢ ᱥᱮᱫ ᱜᱤᱱᱤ ᱟᱨ ᱥᱟᱢᱟᱝ-ᱠᱚᱧᱮ ᱥᱮᱫ ᱞᱟᱭᱵᱮᱨᱤᱭᱟ ᱫᱤᱥᱚᱢ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ-ᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱯᱟᱪᱮ-ᱠᱚᱧᱮ ᱥᱮᱫ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱴᱞᱟᱱᱴᱤᱠ ᱢᱟᱦᱟᱫᱚᱨᱭᱟ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ-ᱟ᱾ ᱫᱤᱥᱚᱢ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱨᱟᱡᱽᱜᱟᱲ ᱫᱚ ᱯᱷᱨᱤᱴᱟᱣᱭᱩᱱ᱾

ᱥᱤᱭᱮᱨᱟ ᱞᱤᱭᱚᱱ ᱯᱨᱚᱡᱟᱛᱚᱱᱛᱨᱚ Republic of Sierra Leone
ᱫᱤᱥᱚᱢ ᱟᱹᱱᱟᱹᱭᱩᱨ : "Unity, Freedom, Justice"
ᱡᱟᱹᱛᱤᱭᱟᱹᱨᱤ ᱥᱮᱱᱮᱨᱮᱧ: "High We Exalt Thee, Realm of the Free"
Sierra Leone ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱦᱟᱞᱪᱟᱞ Location of  ᱥᱤᱭᱮᱨᱟ ᱞᱤᱭᱚᱱ  (dark blue) – in Africa  (light blue & dark grey) – in the African Union  (light blue)  –  [Legend]
Sierra Leone ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱦᱟᱞᱪᱟᱞ
ᱨᱟᱡᱽᱜᱟᱲ (and largest city)		ᱯᱷᱨᱤᱴᱟᱣᱭᱩᱱ
ᱨᱟᱡᱽ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ		ᱤᱝᱞᱤᱥ
ᱢᱤᱫ ᱢᱮᱱᱮᱫ		ᱥᱤᱭᱮᱨᱟ ᱞᱤᱭᱚᱱᱟᱱ
ᱥᱚᱨᱠᱟᱨ		ᱯᱨᱚᱡᱟᱛᱚᱱᱛᱨᱚ
-	President	ᱡᱩᱞᱤᱭᱟᱥ ᱢᱟᱫᱟ ᱵᱟᱭᱳ
-	Vice-President	ᱢᱩᱦᱟᱢᱢᱚᱫ ᱡᱩᱞᱫᱮᱦᱚ ᱡᱟᱞᱞᱳᱦᱚ
-	Chief Minister	ᱰᱮᱵᱷᱤᱰ ᱡᱮ. ᱯᱷᱨᱟᱱᱤᱥ
-	Speaker of Parliament	ᱟᱵᱵᱟᱥ ᱪᱮᱨᱱᱳᱨ ᱵᱩᱱᱫᱩ
-	Chief Justice	Desmond Babatunde Edwards
ᱞᱮᱡᱤᱥᱞᱟᱪᱚᱨ		Parliament
Independence
-	ᱥᱮᱞᱮᱫ ᱫᱤᱥᱟᱹᱢ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ	27 April 1961
-	Republic declared	19 April 1971
ᱮᱨᱤᱭᱟ
-	ᱞᱮᱠᱷᱟᱜᱩᱴ	᱗᱑,᱗᱔᱐ km2 (117th) ᱒᱗,᱖᱙᱙ m²
-	ᱫᱟᱜ ᱦᱟᱹᱴᱤᱧ (%)	1.1
ᱦᱚᱲᱮᱞ
-	2015 census	7,092,113
-	ᱥᱟᱝᱜᱮ	97/ᱠᱤᱹᱢᱤᱹ୨ (114tha) ᱒᱐᱕.᱖/ᱜᱟᱺᱴ ᱢᱤᱹ
ᱡᱤ.ᱰᱤ.ᱯᱤ (ᱠᱤᱨᱤᱧ ᱫᱟᱲᱮ ᱵᱟᱨᱟᱵᱟᱹᱨᱤ)		2018 ᱯᱟᱭᱛᱟᱨ
-	ᱡᱚᱛᱚᱨᱮ	$12.177 billion
-	ᱦᱚᱲ ᱯᱤᱪᱷᱤ	$1,608
ᱡᱤ.ᱰᱤ.ᱯᱤ (ᱞᱮᱠᱷᱟ ᱦᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ)		2018 ᱞᱮᱠᱷᱟᱥᱚᱝ
-	ᱞᱮᱠᱷᱟᱜᱩᱴ	$3.824 billion
-	ᱦᱚᱲ ᱯᱤᱪᱷᱤ	$505
ᱡᱤᱱᱤ (2018)		35.7
ᱢᱟᱹᱱᱢᱤ ᱩᱛᱱᱟᱹᱣ ᱩᱱᱩᱫᱩᱜ (2018)		0.438 (181st)
ᱠᱟᱹᱣᱰᱤ		Leone (SLL)
ᱛᱟᱹᱨᱤ ᱚᱠᱛᱚ		GMT (ᱭᱩᱴᱤᱥᱤ )
ᱦᱚᱨ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱷᱟᱨᱮ ᱛᱮ ᱛᱟᱲᱟᱢ ᱢᱮ		rightb
ᱤᱱᱴᱚᱨᱱᱮᱴ ᱴᱤᱹᱮᱞᱹᱰᱤᱹ		.sl
ᱯᱷᱚᱱ ᱠᱳᱰ		+232

ᱯᱷᱨᱤᱴᱟᱣᱭᱩᱱ ᱜᱮ ᱫᱤᱥᱚᱢ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱝ ᱥᱟᱦᱟᱨ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱟᱯᱟᱨ-ᱵᱟᱹᱱᱤᱡᱽ, ᱠᱟᱹᱣᱰᱤᱟᱹᱨᱤ ᱟᱨ ᱨᱟᱡᱽᱟᱹᱨᱤ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱛᱟᱞᱢᱟ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱵᱳ ᱥᱤᱭᱮᱨᱟ ᱞᱤᱭᱚᱱ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱫᱚᱥᱟᱨ ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱝ ᱥᱟᱦᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱣᱟ ᱫᱤᱥᱚᱢ ᱫᱚ ᱛᱩᱲᱩᱭ ᱜᱚᱴᱟᱱ ᱚᱛᱱᱚᱜ ᱚᱱᱪᱚᱞ ᱨᱮ ᱦᱟᱹᱴᱤᱝ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱪᱮᱫ ᱞᱮᱠᱟ; ᱥᱟᱢᱟᱝ, ᱮᱛᱚᱢ, ᱯᱟᱪᱮ-ᱮᱛᱚᱢ, ᱠᱚᱧᱮ ᱟᱨ ᱯᱟᱪᱮ᱾ ᱱᱚᱣᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱟᱵᱟᱨ ᱜᱮᱞᱛᱩᱨᱩᱭ ᱜᱚᱴᱟᱱ ᱥᱟᱵᱰᱤᱵᱷᱤᱥᱟᱱ ᱨᱮ ᱦᱟᱹᱴᱤᱝ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾

ᱚᱛᱱᱚᱜ

ᱥᱤᱭᱮᱨᱟ ᱞᱤᱭᱚᱱ ᱟᱯᱷᱨᱤᱠᱟᱱ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱯᱟᱪᱮ ᱥᱮᱫ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱣᱟ ᱫᱤᱥᱚᱢ ᱫᱚ ᱗᱑,᱗᱔0 ᱠᱤᱢᱤ²(᱓᱗,᱖᱙᱙ sq ᱢᱤᱴᱟᱨ) ᱛᱮ ᱯᱟᱥᱱᱟᱣ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱥᱤᱭᱮᱨᱟ ᱞᱤᱭᱚᱱ ᱯᱩᱱᱭᱟ ᱚᱛᱱᱚᱜ ᱚᱱᱪᱚᱞ ᱨᱮ ᱦᱟᱹᱴᱤᱝ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱫᱤᱥᱚᱢ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱟᱢᱟᱝ ᱥᱮᱫ ᱞᱩᱜᱷᱩ ᱵᱩᱨᱩ(plateau) ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ-ᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱱᱚᱰᱮ ᱜᱮ ᱫᱤᱥᱚᱢ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱟᱱᱟᱢ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱩᱥᱩᱞ ᱵᱩᱨᱩ ᱢᱟᱭᱩᱱᱴ ᱵᱩᱱᱛᱩᱢᱟᱱᱤ(᱑᱙᱔᱘ ᱢᱤᱴᱟᱨ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ-ᱟ᱾

ᱠᱟᱹᱣᱰᱤᱟᱹᱨᱤ

ᱥᱤᱭᱮᱨᱟ ᱞᱤᱭᱚᱱ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱹᱣᱰᱤᱟᱹᱨᱤ ᱨᱮ ᱠᱷᱟᱫᱟᱱ ᱜᱮ ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱝ-ᱟ ᱱᱚᱰᱮ ᱱᱟᱜ ᱢᱩᱨᱩᱫ ᱠᱷᱟᱫᱟᱱ ᱫᱷᱟᱹᱛᱩ ᱠᱚ ᱢᱩᱫ ᱨᱮ ᱦᱤᱨᱟᱹ, ᱴᱟᱭᱴᱟᱱᱤᱭᱟᱢ, ᱵᱚᱠᱥᱟᱭᱤᱴ, ᱥᱚᱱᱟ ᱮᱢᱟᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ-ᱟ᱾ ᱮᱱᱛᱮ ᱨᱮᱦᱚ ᱱᱚᱣᱟ ᱫᱤᱥᱚᱢ ᱨᱮᱱ ᱗0% ᱦᱚᱲ ᱨᱮᱜᱮᱡᱽ ᱥᱤᱢᱟᱹ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱞᱟᱛᱟᱨ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱠᱚᱣᱟ᱾

ᱵᱟᱦᱚᱨᱮ ᱡᱚᱱᱚᱲ

Government

• The Republic of Sierra Leone official government site
• Chief of State and Cabinet Members Archived ᱒᱐᱑᱕-᱐᱙-᱐᱕ at the Wayback Machine.
• Ministry of Mineral Resources official government minerals site
• thepatrioticvanguard.com The Patriotic Vanguard – official government newspaper

General information

• Country Profile, BBC News
• "Sierra Leone". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.
• Sierra Leone, UCB Libraries GovPubs
• ᱥᱤᱭᱮᱨᱟ ᱞᱤᱭᱚᱱ at Curlie
• Wikimedia Atlas of Sierra Leone
• Geographic data related to ᱥᱤᱭᱮᱨᱟ ᱞᱤᱭᱚᱱ at OpenStreetMap
• Key Development Forecasts for Sierra Leone, International Futures

News media

• Awareness Times Newspaper
• The New People, Newspaper
• News headline links, AllAfrica.com
• Sierra Leone News & Blog Archived ᱒᱐᱑᱕-᱐᱙-᱑᱙ at the Wayback Machine., Current Sierra Leone News & Blog

Trade

• Sierra Leone 2002 Summary Trade Statistics

Tourism

• Sierra Leone National Tourist Board, Official Government site

Telecommunication

• Sierra Leone, telecom

Other

• Sierra Leone Forum
• Friends of Sierra Leone
• Schools for Salone, non-profit dedicated to rebuilding schools
• ENCISS civil society and governance
• The Auradicals Club, Student Club in Fourah Bay College
• Sierra Leone Web
• Sweet Salone, 2008 film on new music in Sierra Leone
• War Crimes Trials in Sierra Leone
• Hurrarc – Human Rights Respect Awareness Raising Campaigners, Sierra Leone NGO
• Environmental Justice Foundation's report on pirate fishing in Sierra Leone
• Stories from Lakka Beach Archived ᱒᱐᱑᱔-᱐᱖-᱒᱙ at the Wayback Machine., 2011 documentary about life in a post-conflict beach town