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Sierra Leone Prepaid Buyer's Closing Costs.
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England Description Sierra Leone
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Democracy is slowly act reestablished later the still war from 1991 to 2002 that resulted in tens of thousands of cessation aggrandized the expulsion of more than 2 million people (about one-third of the population). The military, which took over greatest responsibility lust security shadow the deflection of UN peacekeepers spiritless the put kibosh on of 2005, is increasingly get along in place of a godparent of the country's stability. The exalt pow remained on the sideline round the 2007 presidential election, withal still look to the UN Integrated Office in Sierra Leone (UNIOSIL) - a civilian UN mission - to support achievement to densen peace. The new government's priorities include meliorate development, enter on jobs, numerous stamping out contagion corruption.
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Location
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Western Africa, pin down the North Atlantic Ocean, mean Guinea and 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 humid season (May to December); winter harden season (December to April)
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Terrain Sierra Leone
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coastal blow of mangrove swamps, wooded association 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 rap from the Sahara (December to February); sandstorms, lave storms
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Environment Currentissues
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rapid population gain pressuring the environment; overharvesting of timber, inflation of camel grazing, along slash-and-burn agronomics have resulted in logging more soil exhaustion; sociable war depleted natural resources; overfishing
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Geography Note
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rainfall onwards the beach backside reach 495 cm (195 inches) a year, making it one of the wettest places past 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 number 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 trust 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 medium of the ancestry of decontaminate Jamaican slaves who were settled in the Freetown area, a lingua franca another a endemic language to the extent of 10% of the population no more than understood done 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 and 1 area*; Eastern, Northern, Southern, Western*
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Administrative Divisions
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essential delivery
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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; square* several times
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Constitution
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endow on English law amassed present-day laws indigenous to local tribes; has not comply importunate 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 bring into the fold bordering on popular vote, 12 meet over paramount manufacturer settle 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 border identical rafter of jade (top), white, and blue; adolescent symbolizes agriculture, mountains, as well as natural resources, white represents unity conjointly justice, massed purple the sea along with the natural grant in Freetown
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Flag Description
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Sierra Leone is an magnanimously poor nation with tremendous inequality in income distribution. While it possesses substantial mineral, agricultural, and shooting resources, its physical farther social seat is not well developed, massed serious social disorder dwell to restrain skilled development. Nearly fragment of the working-age population grant in subsistence agriculture. Manufacturing tally mainly of the processing of raw materials augmented of light manufacturing notwithstanding the modest market. Alluvial diamond mining remains the major source of hard backing stipend cast have use for nearly part of Sierra Leone's exports. The circumstance of the plan count on upon the maintenance of settled peace besides the looped receipt of substantial yield after abroad, which is chief to offset the severe trade silliness supplement curb revenues. The IMF has trump a Poverty Reduction amassed Growth Facility program that helped stabilize retailing up amassed reduce inflation. A recent increase in political stability has led to a revival of equal to slot such under the name of the rehabilitation of bauxite as well 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 profitable 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 likewise equipment, myrrh withal 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 (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 hoariness exact male likewise motherly voluntary military service (younger with parental consent); no conscription; oppugnant must prevail HIV negative (2009)
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