Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone is on the West Coast of Africa. The potential for tourism is vast, but largely unrealised, despire the end of the Civil War in 2002, and tour operators are looking closely at what the country has to offer.Tap on the map to travel |
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Popular Destinations
Freetown
Freetown is the capital city of Sierra Leone and is the heart of the Western region, with around a million inhabitants.Kenema
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Kenema is the third largest city in Sierra Leone, and the largest city in the country's Eastern Province.
Destinations
Makeni
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Makeni is the largest city in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone.
Koidu
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Koidu Town is the capital and largest city of the diamond-rich Kono District in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone.
Mount Bintumani
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Mount Bintumani is the highest peak in Sierra Leone and the Loma Mountains, at 1,945 metres.
Magburaka
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Magburaka is a city in Sierra Leone. Magburaka Magburaka is the former capital of the north of Sierra Leone. Makeni became the new capital during the war.
Bonthe
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Bonthe is a coastal town located on Sherbro Island in Bonthe District in the southern Province of Sierra Leone.
Tiwai Island
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Tiwai Island is a wildlife sanctuary and tourist site in Sierra Leone.
Banana Islands
The Banana Islands are a prime tourist destination in Sierra Leone.Sierra Leone
- Type: Country with 5,290,000 residents
- Description: sovereign state in West Africa
- Languages: English, Mende (Sierra Leone) and Timne
- Neighbors: Guinea and Liberia
- Categories: republic, sovereign state and locality
- Location: West Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of centre
8.57° or 8° 34' 12" northLongitude of centre
-11.755° or 11° 45' 18" westPopulation
5,290,000Area
71,740 km² (27,699 miles²)Elevation
361 metres (1,184 feet)Capital
FreetownCurrency
Leone (SLL)Phone code
.slInternet domain
232OpenStreetMap ID
node 424314123OpenStreetMap Feature
place=countryGeoNames ID
2403846Wikidata ID
Q1044Sierra Leone Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Sierra Leone
- Abkhazian: Ареспублика Сиерра-Леоне
- Abkhazian: Сиерра-Леоне
- Achinese: Sierra Leone
- Afar: Syerra-Leone
- Afrikaans: Sierra Leone
- Akan: Sierra Leone
- Albanian: Siera Leone
- Albanian: Sierra-Leone
- Amharic: Sierra leone
- Amharic: ሴራሊዮን
- Amharic: ሴየራ ሌዎን
- Amis: Sierra leone
- Angika: सिएरा लोन
- Arabic: Sierra Leone
- Arabic: جمهورية سيراليون
- Arabic: سيراليون
- Aragonese: Sierra Leone
- Armenian: Սիեռա Լեոնե
- Armenian: Սիերա Լեոնե
- Armenian: Սիերա Լէոն
- Armenian: Սյերա-Լեոնե
- Arpitan: Siérra Leone
- Assamese: চিয়েৰা লিঅ’ন
- Asturian: Sierra Lleona
- Atayal: Sierra leone
- Avaric: Sierraleona
- Azerbaijani: Syerra-Leone
- Balinese: Sierra Leone
- Bambara: Sera Leon
- Bambara: Siyera Lewɔni
- Banjar: Sierra Leone
- Bashkir: Сьерра-Леоне
- Basque: Sierra Leona
- Bavarian: Sierra Leone
- Belarusian: Сьера-Леонэ
- Belarusian: С’ера-Леоне
- Bengali: সিয়েরা লিওন
- Bhojpuri: सिएरा लियोन
- Bishnupriya: সিয়েরা লিওন
- Bislama: Siera Leon
- Bosnian: Sijera Leone
- Breton: Sierra Leone
- Bulgarian: Сиера Леоне
- Burmese: ဆီယာရာ လီယွန်း
- Burmese: ဆီရာလီယွန်နိုင်ငံ
- Catalan: República de Serra Lleona
- Catalan: República de Sierra Leone
- Catalan: Serra Lleona
- Catalan: Sierra Leone
- Cebuano: Sierra Leone
- Cebuano: Syeralyone
- Central Bikol: Sierra Leona
- Central Kurdish: سیەرالیۆن
- Chavacano: Sierra Leona
- Chechen: Сьерра- Леоне
- Chechen: Сьерра-Леоне
- Cherokee: ᏏᏰᎳ ᎵᏲᏂ
- Chinese: Sierra Leone
- Chinese: Sàilālì'áng
- Chinese: 塞拉利昂 / 獅子山
- Chinese: 塞拉利昂
- Chinese: 塞拉勒窝内
- Chinese: 獅子山
- Chinese: 獅子山共和國
- Cornish: Sierra Leon
- Corsican: Republica di a Sierra Leone
- Corsican: Sierra Leone
- Crimean Tatar: Syerra Leone
- Croatian: Sijera Leone
- Czech: Sierra Leone
- Dagbani: Sierra Leone
- Danish: Sierra Leone
- Dhivehi: ސެރެލިއޯން
- Dimli (individual language): Sierra Leone
- Dotyali: सियरा लियोन
- Dutch: SL
- Dutch: SLE
- Dutch: Sierra Leone
- Dzongkha: སི་ར་ ལི་འོན
- Eastern Mari: Сьерра-Леоне
- Egyptian Arabic: سييراليون
- English: Republic of Sierra Leone
- English: SLE
- English: sl
- Esperanto: Respubliko Sieraleono
- Esperanto: SL
- Esperanto: Siera-Leono
- Esperanto: Sieraleono
- Estonian: Sierra Leone
- Estonian: Sierra Leone Vabariik
- Ewe: Sierra Leone
- Ewe: Sierra Leone nutome
- Ewe: Sira Liɔ̃
- Extremaduran: Sierra Leona
- Faroese: Sierra Leona
- Fiji Hindi: Sierra Leone
- Finnish: Sierra Leone
- Finnish: Sierra Leonen tasavalta
- French: République de Sierra Leone
- French: SL
- French: Sierra Leone
- Fulah: Sarliyon
- Fulah: Seraa liyon
- Gagauz: Syerra Leone
- Galician: Serra Leoa - Sierra Leone
- Galician: Serra Leoa
- Ganda: Sierra Leone
- Ganda: Siyeralewone
- Georgian: სიერა-ლეონე
- Georgian: სიერა ლეონე
- German: Republik Sierra Leone
- German: Sierra Leone
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: Sierra Leone
- Greek: Σιέρα Λεόνε
- Guarani: Siérra Leõ
- Guianese Creole French: Syéra Léonn
- Gujarati: સિએરા લિઓન
- Gujarati: સિએરા લિયોન
- Gujarati: સીએરા લેઓન
- Haitian: Syera Leyòn
- Haitian: Syera Leòn
- Hakka Chinese: Sierra Leone
- Hausa: Salewo
- Hausa: Saliyo
- Hausa: Sierra Leone
- Hebrew: סיארה לאונה
- Hebrew: סיארה ליאון
- Hebrew: סיירה לאון
- Hebrew: סיירה לאונה
- Hindi: सिएरा लियोन
- Hindi: सियरालेओन
- Hindi: सीएरा लिओन
- Hungarian: Sierra Leone
- Hungarian: Sierra Leone Köztársaság
- Icelandic: Síerra Leóne
- Ido: Sierra Leone
- Igbo: Sierra Leone
- Iloko: Sierra Leone
- Inari Sami: Sierra Leone
- Inari Sami: Sierra Leone täsiväldi
- Indonesian: Sierra Leone
- Interlingua: Sierra Leone
- Interlingue: Sierra Leone
- Irish: Siarra Leon
- Italian: Repubblica della Sierra Leone
- Italian: Sierra Leone
- Jamaican Creole English: Siera Lyuon
- Japanese: シエラレオネ
- Japanese: シエラレオネ共和国
- Javanese: Giri Sima
- Javanese: Siéra Léoné
- Javanese: Siérra Léoné
- Kabiyè: Siyeeraa Leyɔɔnɩ
- Kabyle: Sierra Leone
- Kalaallisut: Sierra Leone
- Kalmyk: Сьералегонмудин Орн
- Kannada: ಸಿಯೆರ್ರಾ ಲಿಯೋನ್
- Kara-Kalpak: Serra-Leone
- Kashmiri: سیٖرالیوون
- Kazakh: Сиерра-Леоне
- Kazakh: Сьерра-Леоне
- Khmer: សៀរ៉ាឡេអូន
- Kikuyu: Siera Leoni
- Kikuyu: Sierra Leone
- Kinyarwanda: Siyera Lewone
- Kirghiz: Сьерра-Леоне
- Kongo: Siera Leone
- Korean: 시에라레온
- Korean: 시에라 리온
- Korean: 시에라리온
- Kotava: Sierraleona
- Kurdish: Sierra Leone
- Kurdish: سیەرالیۆن
- Ladin: Sierra Leone
- Ladino: Sierra Leona
- Lao: Sierra Leone
- Lao: ເຊຍຣາ ລີໂອນ
- Latin: Mons Leoninus
- Latvian: Sjerraleone
- Ligurian: Sierra Lion
- Limburgan: Sierra Leone
- Lingala: Siera Leonɛ
- Lingala: Sierra Leone
- Lingua Franca Nova: Siera Leon
- Literary Chinese: 塞拉利昂
- Lithuanian: Siera Leonė
- Livvi: Sierra Leone
- Lojban: sieras. leon
- Lombard: Sierra Leone
- Low German: Sierra Leone
- Lower Sorbian: Sierra Leone
- Luba-Katanga: Siera Leone
- Luxembourgish: Sierra Leone
- Macedonian: Сиера Леоне
- Maithili: सिएरा लियोन
- Malagasy: Siera Leôna
- Malagasy: Sierra Leone
- Malay: Siera Leon
- Malay: Sierra Leone
- Malayalam: സിയെറ ലിയോൺ
- Malayalam: സീറാ ലിയോൺ
- Maltese: Repubblika ta’ Sierra Leone
- Maltese: Sierra Leone
- Manipuri: ꯁꯤꯑꯦꯔꯔꯥ ꯂꯤꯑꯣꯟꯅꯦ
- Manx: Sierra Leone
- Maori: Te Araone
- Marathi: सिएरा लिओन
- Marathi: सियेरा लिओन
- Mazanderani: سیرالئون
- Min Dong Chinese: Sierra Leone
- Min Nan Chinese: Sierra Leone
- Minangkabau: Sierra Leone
- Mingrelian: სიერა-ლეონე
- Moksha: Сьерра-Лэонэ
- Mongolian: Сьерра-Леоне
- Mongolian: Сьерра Леон
- Mongolian: ꯁꯤꯑꯦꯔꯔꯥ ꯂꯤꯑꯣꯟꯅꯦ
- Moroccan Arabic: سييرا ليون
- N'Ko: ߛߙߊ߬ߟߏ߲߫
- Nauru: Sierra Leone
- Navajo: Náshdóítsoh Bitsiijįʼ Daditłʼooʼígíí Bidził
- Nepali: सिएरा लियोन
- Nepali: सिएर्रा लिओन
- Nepali: सीयेरा लीओन
- Newari: सिएरा लियोन
- Newari: सियरा लियोन
- Newari: सीयेरा लीओन
- North Ndebele: Sierra Leone
- Northern Frisian: Sierra Leone
- Northern Luri: سیرالئون
- Northern Sami: Sierra Leone
- Northern Sami: Sierra Leone dásseváldi
- Norwegian: Sierra Leone
- Norwegian Bokmål: Republikken Sierra Leone
- Norwegian Bokmål: Sierra Leone
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Sierra Leone
- Novial: Siera Leone
- Occitan (post 1500): Sierra Leone
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Sierra Leone
- Oriya: ସିଏରା ଲିଓନ
- Oromo: Seraa Liyoon
- Ossetian: Сьеррæ-Леоне
- Pali: सियारा-लियोन
- Pampanga: Sierra Leone
- Panjabi: ਸਿਏਰਾ ਲਿਓਨ
- Papiamento: Serra Leoa
- Papiamento: Sierra Leone
- Pedi: Sierra Leone
- Persian: جمهوری سیرالئون
- Persian: سیرالئون
- Persian: سیرا لیون
- Piemontese: Sierra Leone
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: Sierra Leone
- Polish: Sierra Leone
- Portuguese: Serra Leoa
- Pushto: سیرالیون
- Pushto: سییرا لیون
- Pushto: سېرالیون
- Quechua: Liyun Urqu
- Quechua: Sierra Leona
- Romanian: Sierra Leone
- Romansh: Sierra Leone
- Rundi: Siyeralewone
- Russia Buriat: Сьерра-Леоне
- Russian: Республика Сьерра-Леоне
- Russian: Республика Сьерра Леоне
- Russian: Сьерра-Леоне
- Russian: Сьерра Леоне
- Sakizaya: Sierra Leone
- Samoan: Sierra Leone
- Samogitian: Sėira Leuonė
- Sango: Sierä-Leône
- Sanskrit: सियारा-लियोन
- Santali: ᱥᱤᱭᱮᱨᱟ ᱞᱤᱭᱚᱱ
- Sardinian: Sierra Leone
- Saterfriesisch: Sierra Leone
- Scots: Republic o Sierra Leone
- Scots: Sierra Leone
- Scottish Gaelic: Siarra Leòmhann
- Serbian: Sijera Leone
- Serbian: Сиера Леоне
- Serbian: Сијера Леоне
- Serbo-Croatian: Sijera Leone
- Shan: မိူင်းသီႇဢႄႇရႃႇလီႇယူၼ်ႇ
- Shona: Siera-Leyoni
- Shona: Sierra Leone
- Sicilian: Serra Liuni
- Silesian: Sierra Leone
- Sindhi: سيرا ليون
- Sinhala: සියරාලියෝන්
- Sinhala: සියෙරා ලියෝන්
- Skolt Sami: Sierra Leone
- Skolt Sami: Sierra Leone tääʹssväʹldd
- Slovak: Sierra Leone
- Slovak: Sierraleonská republika
- Slovenian: Sierra Leone
- Somali: Sierra Leone
- Somali: Siraaliyoon
- South Azerbaijani: سیرالئون
- Southern Sotho: Sierra Leone
- Spanish: República de Sierra Leona
- Spanish: Sierra Leona
- Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⵙⵉⵔⴰⵍⵢⵓⵏ
- Sundanese: Sierra Leone
- Swahili: Republic of Sierra Leone
- Swahili: SLE
- Swahili: Siera Leoni
- Swahili: Sierra Leone
- Swahili: sl
- Swati: ISiriya-Liyoni
- Swedish: Republiken Sierra Leone
- Swedish: Sierra Leone
- Swiss German: Sierra Leone
- Tagalog: Bulubunduking Leona
- Tagalog: Sierra Leone
- Tajik: Сиерра-Леоне
- Tajik: Сиерра Леоне
- Talysh: Sierra Leone
- Tamil: சியாரா லியோன்
- Tamil: சியேரா லியோனி
- Taroko: Sierra Leone
- Tatar: Сьерра-Леоне
- Telugu: సియెరా లియోన్
- Telugu: సియెర్రా లియాన్
- Thai: ประเทศเซียร์ราลีโอน
- Thai: เซียร์ราลีโอน
- Tibetan: སི་ར་ལེ་ཨོན།
- Tibetan: སེ་ཡར་ར། ལིའོན།
- Tigrinya: ሴራሊዮን
- Tok Pisin: Sierra Leone
- Tonga (Tonga Islands): Siela Leone
- Tosk Albanian: Sierra Leone
- Tsonga: Siyera Liyona
- Tumbuka: Sierra Leone
- Tunisian Arabic: سياراليوني
- Turkish: Sierra Leone
- Turkmen: Sýerra-Leone
- Turkmen: Sýerra Leone
- Twi: Sierra Leone
- Tyap: Ri̱pobi̱lik Sira Lyon
- Tyap: Sira Lyon
- Udmurt: Сьерра-Леоне
- Uighur: سيېررا لېئونې
- Uighur: سېررالېئون
- Ukrainian: Республіка Сьєрра-Леоне
- Ukrainian: С'єра Леоне
- Ukrainian: С'єрра-Леоне
- Ukrainian: Сьєрра-Леоне
- Upper Sorbian: Sierra Leone
- Urdu: سیرالیون
- Uzbek: Syerra-Leone
- Uzbek: Syerra Leone
- Venetian: Siera Leon
- Venetian: Siera Łeon
- Veps: Sjerra Leone
- Vietnamese: Sierra Leone
- Vietnamese: Xi-ê-ra Lê-ôn (Sierra Leone)
- Vietnamese: Xi-ê-ra Lê-ôn
- Volapük: Sieraleonän
- Võro: Sierra Leone
- Waray (Philippines): Sierra Leone
- Welsh: Sierra Leone
- Western Armenian: Սիերա Լէոնէ
- Western Frisian: Sierra Leone
- Western Frisian: Sierra Leöane
- Western Mari: Сьерра-Леоне
- Western Panjabi: سیرالیون
- Wolof: Siraa Leyoon
- Wolof: Siyera Lewon
- Wu Chinese: 塞拉利昂
- Yakut: Сьерра Леоне
- Yiddish: סיערע לעאנע
- Yoruba: Siria looni
- Yoruba: Siẹrra Léònè
- Yue Chinese: 塞拉利昂
- Zeeuws: Sierra Leone
- Zhuang: Sierra Leone
- Zulu: ISiera Liyoni
- Zulu: i-Sierra Leone
- Siera Leuonė
- Særa Lion
- Tepētlah Leona
- ma Sijelalijon
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