Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone is on the West Coast of Africa. The potential for tourism is vast, but largely unrealised, despite the end of the Civil War in 2002, and tour operators are looking closely at what the country has to offer.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Freetown and Kenema.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Makeni and Koidu.
Makeni
Makeni is the largest city in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone.
Mount Bintumani
Mount Bintumani is the highest peak in Sierra Leone and the Loma Mountains, at 1,945 metres.
Gola Rainforest National Park
The Gola Rainforest National Park protects Sierra Leone's largest tract of rainforest.
Tiwai Island
Tiwai Island is a river island and wildlife sanctuary in Sierra Leone.
Banana Islands
The Banana Islands are a prime tourist destination in Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone
- Country with about 7,560,000 residents
- …has Freetown as its capital
- …uses the Leone (SLE)
- …has the phone code 232
- …uses the internet domain .sl
- …covers 71,740 km² (27,699 miles²)
- Description: sovereign state in West Africa
- Also known as“Republic of Sierra Leone”“sl”“SLE”
- LanguagesEnglishMende (Sierra Leone)Timne
- Neighbors
- Categories
- Location
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Latitude of center
8.57° or 8° 34′ 12″ north
Longitude of center
-11.755° or 11° 45′ 18″ west
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In Other Languages
From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Sierra Leone” goes by many names.
Ареспублика Сиерра-ЛеонеAbkhazian
Сиерра-ЛеонеAbkhazian
Sierra LeoneAchinese
Sierra LeoneAfrikaans
Sierra LeoneAkan
Siera LeoneAlbanian
Sierra-LeoneAlbanian
ሴራሊዮንAmharic
ሴየራ ሌዎንAmharic
Sierra leoneAmis
सिएरा लोनAngika
جمهورية سيراليونArabic
سيراليونArabic
Sierra LeoneAragonese
Սիեռա ԼեոնեArmenian
Սիերա ԼեոնեArmenian
Սյերա-ԼեոնեArmenian
Siérra LeoneArpitan
চিয়েৰা লিঅ’নAssamese
Sierra LleonaAsturian
Sierra leoneAtayal
Syerra-LeoneAzerbaijani
Sierra LeoneBalinese
Sera LeonBambara
Siyera LewɔniBambara
Sierra LeoneBanjar
Сьерра-ЛеонеBashkir
Sierra LeonaBasque
Sierra LeoneBavarian
С’ера-ЛеонеBelarusian
Сьера-ЛеонэBelarusian
সিয়েরা লিওনBengali
Gunung SingaBetawi
सिएरा लियोनBhojpuri
সিয়েরা লিওনBishnupriya
Siera LeonBislama
SaliyoBole
Sijera LeoneBosnian
Sierra LeoneBreton
Сиера ЛеонеBulgarian
ဆီယာရာ လီယွန်းBurmese
ဆီရာလီယွန်နိုင်ငံBurmese
República de Serra LleonaCatalan
República de Sierra LeoneCatalan
Serra LleonaCatalan
Sierra LeoneCatalan
Sierra LeoneCebuano
SyeralyoneCebuano
Sierra LeonaCentral Bikol
Sierra LeoneCentral Kanuri
سیەرالیۆنCentral Kurdish
Sierra LeonaChavacano
Сьерра- ЛеонеChechen
ᏏᏰᎳ ᎵᏲᏂCherokee
Sàilālì’ángChinese
塞拉利昂Chinese
塞拉利昂 / 獅子山Chinese
塞拉勒窝内Chinese
獅子山Chinese
Sierra LeonCornish
Republica di a Sierra LeoneCorsican
Sierra LeoneCorsican
Syerra LeoneCrimean Tatar
Sijera LeoneCroatian
Sierra LeoneCzech
Sierra LeoneDagbani
Sierra LeoneDanish
ސެރެލިއޯންDhivehi
Sierra LeoneDimli (individual language)
सियरा लियोनDotyali
Republiek Sierra LeoneDutch
Sierra LeoneDutch
SLDutch
SLEDutch
སི་ཡ་ར་ལིའོན།Dzongkha
སི་ར་ ལི་འོནDzongkha
Сьерра-ЛеонеEastern Mari
سييراليونEgyptian Arabic
Respubliko SieraleonoEsperanto
Siera-LeonoEsperanto
SLEsperanto
Sierra LeoneEstonian
Sierra Leone VabariikEstonian
Sierra LeoneEwe
Sierra Leone nutomeEwe
Sira Liɔ̃Ewe
Sierra LeonaExtremaduran
Sierra LeoneFarefare
Sierra LeonaFaroese
Sierra LeoneFiji Hindi
Sierra LeoneFinnish
Sierra Leonen tasavaltaFinnish
Sierra LeonetòFon
SarliyonFulah
Seraa liyonFulah
Sierra LeoneGa
Syerra LeoneGagauz
Serra LeoaGalician
Sierra LeoneGanda
SiyeralewoneGanda
სიერა-ლეონეGeorgian
Republic of Sierra LeoneGhanaian Pidgin English
Sierra LeoneGhanaian Pidgin English
سيرالئؤنGilaki
Σιέρα ΛεόνεGreek
Siérra LeõGuarani
Syéra LéonnGuianese Creole French
સિએરા લિયોનGujarati
સીએરા લેઓનGujarati
Syera LeònHaitian
Syera LeyònHaitian
Sierra LeoneHakka Chinese
SalewoHausa
SaliyoHausa
SielaleoneHawaiian
סיארה לאונהHebrew
סיארה ליאוןHebrew
סיירה לאוןHebrew
סיירה לאונהHebrew
सिएरा लियोनHindi
सियरालेओनHindi
सीएरा लिओनHindi
Sierra LeoneHungarian
Sierra Leone KöztársaságHungarian
Síerra LeóneIcelandic
Sierra LeoneIdo
Sierra LeoneIgbo
Sierra LeoneIloko
Sierra LeoneInari Sami
Sierra Leone täsiväldiInari Sami
Sierra LeoneIndonesian
Sierra LeoneInterlingua
Sierra LeoneInterlingue
Siarra LeonIrish
Repubblica della Sierra LeoneItalian
Sierra LeoneItalian
Siera LyuonJamaican Creole English
シエラレオネJapanese
シエラレオネ共和国Japanese
Giri SimaJavanese
Siéra LéonéJavanese
Siérra LéonéJavanese
Siyeeraa LeyɔɔnɩKabiyè
Sierra LeoneKabyle
Sierra LeoneKalaallisut
Сьералегонмудин ОрнKalmyk
ಸಿಯೆರ್ರಾ ಲಿಯೋನ್Kannada
Serra-LeoneKara-Kalpak
Syerra-LeoneKara-Kalpak
Сьерра-ЛеонеKarachay-Balkar
سیرا لِیٛونKashmiri
سیٖرالیوونKashmiri
Сиерра-ЛеонеKazakh
Сьерра-ЛеонеKazakh
សៀរ៉ាឡេអូនKhmer
Siera LeoniKikuyu
Sierra LeoneKikuyu
Siyera LewoneKinyarwanda
Сьерра-ЛеонеKirghiz
Sierra LeoneKomering
Siera LeoneKongo
Sierra LeoneKongo
시에라 리온Korean
시에라레온Korean
SierraleonaKotava
Sierra LeoneKurdish
سیەرالیۆنKurdish
Sierra LeoneLadin
Sierra LeonaLadino
Syerra LeónLadino
ເຊຍຣາ ລີໂອນLao
Mons LeoninusLatin
Sjerra LeoneLatvian
Sjerraleones RepublikaLatvian
Særa LionLigurian
Sierra LionLigurian
Sierra LeoneLimburgan
Siera LeonɛLingala
Sierra LeoneLingala
Siera LeonLingua Franca Nova
塞拉利昂Literary Chinese
獅子山共和國Literary Chinese
Siera LeonėLithuanian
Sierra LeoneLivvi
sieras. leonLojban
Sierra LeoneLombard
Sierra LeoneLow German
Sierra LeoneLower Sorbian
Siera LeoneLuba-Katanga
Sierra LeoneLuxembourgish
Сиера ЛеонеMacedonian
सिएरा लियोनMaithili
Siera LeônaMalagasy
Sierra LeoneMalagasy
Siera LeonMalay
Sierra LeoneMalay
സിയെറ ലിയോൺMalayalam
സീറാ ലിയോൺMalayalam
Repubblika ta’ Sierra LeoneMaltese
Sierra LeoneMaltese
ꯁꯤꯑꯦꯔꯔꯥ ꯂꯤꯑꯣꯟꯅꯦManipuri
Sierra LeoneManx
Te AraoneMaori
सिएरा लिओनMarathi
सियेरा लिओनMarathi
سیرالئونMazanderani
Sierra LeoneMin Dong Chinese
Sierra LeoneMin Nan Chinese
Sierra LeoneMinangkabau
სიერა-ლეონეMingrelian
Сьерра-ЛэонэMoksha
Сьерра ЛеонMongolian
Сьерра-ЛеонеMongolian
سييرا ليونMoroccan Arabic
Republic of Sierra LeoneMossi
Sierra LeoneMossi
slMossi
SLEMossi
ߛߙߊ߬ߟߏ߲߫N'Ko
Sierra LeoneNauru
Náshdóítsoh Bitsiijįʼ Daditłʼooʼígíí BidziłNavajo
सिएरा लियोनNepali
सिएर्रा लिओनNepali
सीयेरा लीओनNepali
सिएरा लियोनNewari
सियरा लियोनNewari
सीयेरा लीओनNewari
Sierra LeoneNigerian Pidgin
Sierra LeoneNorth Ndebele
Sierra LeoneNorthern Frisian
سیرالئونNorthern Luri
Sierra LeoneNorthern Sami
Sierra Leone dásseváldiNorthern Sami
Sierra LeoneNorwegian
Republikken Sierra LeoneNorwegian Bokmål
Sierra LeoneNorwegian Bokmål
Sierra LeoneNorwegian Nynorsk
Siera LeoneNovial
Sierra LeoneNupe-Nupe-Tako
Siera LeyonObolo
Sierra LeoneOccitan (post 1500)
Sierra LeoneOld English (ca. 450-1100)
ସିଏରା ଲିଓନOriya
Seraa LiyoonOromo
Сьеррæ-ЛеонеOssetian
सियारा-लियोनPali
Sierra LeonePampanga
ਸਿਏਰਾ ਲਿਓਨPanjabi
Serra LeoaPapiamento
Sierra LeonePapiamento
Sierra LeonePedi
جمهوری سیرالئونPersian
سیرا لیونPersian
سیرالئونPersian
Sierra LeonePiemontese
Sierra LeonePitcairn-Norfolk
Sierra LeonePolish
سيراليونPushto
سيراليون جمهوريتPushto
سيراليون ولسمشريزهPushto
سییرا لیونPushto
Liyun UrquQuechua
Sierra LeonaQuechua
Sierra LeoneRomanian
Sierra LeoneRomansh
SiyeralewoneRundi
Сьерра-ЛеонеRussia Buriat
Республика Сьерра-ЛеонеRussian
Сьерра-ЛеонеRussian
Sierra LeoneSakizaya
Sierra LeoneSamoan
Sėira LeuonėSamogitian
Siera LeuonėSamogitian
Sierä-LeôneSango
सियारा-लियोनSanskrit
ᱥᱤᱭᱮᱨᱟ ᱞᱤᱭᱚᱱSantali
Sierra LeoneSardinian
Sierra LeoneSaterfriesisch
Republic o Sierra LeoneScots
Sierra LeoneScots
Siarra LeòmhannScottish Gaelic
Sijera LeoneSerbian
Сиера ЛеонеSerbian
Сијера ЛеонеSerbian
Sijera LeoneSerbo-Croatian
မိူင်းသီႇဢႄႇရႃႇလီႇယူၼ်ႇShan
Siera-LeyoniShona
Sierra LeoneShona
Serra LiuniSicilian
Sierra LeoneSilesian
سيرا ليونSindhi
සියෙරා ලියෝන්Sinhala
Sierra LeoneSkolt Sami
Sierra Leone tääʹssväʹlddSkolt Sami
Sierra LeoneSlovak
Sierraleonská republikaSlovak
Sierra LeoneSlovenian
Sierra LeoneSomali
SiraaliyoonSomali
سیرالئونSouth Azerbaijani
Sierra LeoneSouthern Sotho
ⵙⵉⵔⴰⵍⵢⵓⵏStandard Moroccan Tamazight
Sierra LeoneSundanese
Republic of Sierra LeoneSwahili
Siera LeoniSwahili
Sierra LeoneSwahili
slSwahili
SLESwahili
ISiriya-LiyoniSwati
Republiken Sierra LeoneSwedish
Sierra LeoneSwedish
Sierra LeoneSwiss German
Bulubunduking LeonaTagalog
Sierra LeoneTagalog
Сиерра ЛеонеTajik
Sierra LeoneTalysh
Sijerra LeoneTalysh
சியாரா லியோன்Tamil
Sierra LeoneTaroko
Сьерра-ЛеонеTatar
రిపబ్లిక్ ఆఫ్ సియెర్రా లియోన్Telugu
సియెరా లియోన్Telugu
సియెర్రా లియాన్Telugu
เซียร์ราลีโอนThai
ประเทศเซียร์ราลีโอนThai
སི་ར་ལེ་ཨོན།Tibetan
སེ་ཡར་ར། ལིའོན།Tibetan
ሴራሊዮንTigrinya
Siera LionTok Pisin
Sierra LeoneTok Pisin
Siela LeoneTonga (Tonga Islands)
Siyera LiyonaTsonga
Sierra LeoneTswana
Sierra LeoneTumbuka
سياراليونيTunisian Arabic
Sierra LeoneTurkish
Sýerra-LeoneTurkmen
Sierra LeoneTwi
Ri̱pobi̱lik Sira LyonTyap
Sira LyonTyap
Сьерра-ЛеонеUdmurt
سيېررا لېئونېUighur
سېررالېئونUighur
Республіка Сьєрра-ЛеонеUkrainian
С’єра ЛеонеUkrainian
С’єрра-ЛеонеUkrainian
Сьєрра-ЛеонеUkrainian
Sierra LeoneUpper Sorbian
سیرا لیونUrdu
Syerra-LeoneUzbek
Siera ŁeonVenetian
Sjerra LeoneVeps
Sierra LeoneVietnamese
Xi-ê-ra Lê-ônVietnamese
Xi-ê-ra Lê-ôn (Sierra Leone)Vietnamese
SieraleonänVolapük
Sierra LeoneVõro
Sierra LeoneWaray (Philippines)
Sierra LeoneWelsh
Սիերա ԼէոնWestern Armenian
Սիերա ԼէոնէWestern Armenian
Sierra LeöaneWestern Frisian
Sierra LeoneWestern Frisian
Сьерра-ЛеонеWestern Mari
سیرالیونWestern Panjabi
Siraa LeyoonWolof
Siyera LewonWolof
塞拉利昂Wu Chinese
Сьерра ЛеонеYakut
סיערע לעאנעYiddish
Siẹrra LéònèYoruba
Siria looniYoruba
塞拉利昂Yue Chinese
Sierra LeoneZeeuws
Sierra LeoneZhuang
i-Sierra LeoneZulu
ISiera LiyoniZulu
ma Sijelalijon
Tepētlah Leona
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