rainforests. According to the 2015 census, Sierra Leone has a population of 7,092,113, with Freetown serving as both the capital and largest city. The country is divided into five administrative regions, which are further subdivided into 16 districts
.
Sierra Leone is governed as a
Christian
minority. Notably, religious tolerance is very high, reflecting a social norm and part of the nation's cultural identity.
Sierra Leone's current territorial configuration was established by the
ECOMOG forces and later the United Kingdom resulted in the defeat of the RUF in 2002, ushering in a period of relative stability and recovery efforts. The remaining two main political parties are the APC and the SLPP. (Full article...
The following are images from various Sierra Leone-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1A farmer with his rice harvest in Sierra Leone. Two-thirds of Sierra Leone's population are directly involved in subsistence agriculture. (from Sierra Leone)
Image 12Historical GDP per capita development (from Sierra Leone)
Image 13Sierra Leone electricity production by source (from Sierra Leone)
Image 14Temne leader Bai Bureh seen here in 1898 after his surrender, sitting relaxed in his traditional dress with a handkerchief in his hands, while a Sierra Leonean West African Frontier Force soldier stands guard next to him (from Sierra Leone)
Image 15Sierra Leone's total population, from 1961 to 2013 (from Sierra Leone)
Image 16An APC political rally in the northern town of Kabala outside the home of supporters of the rival SLPP in 1968 (from Sierra Leone)
Image 17An 1835 illustration of liberated Africans arriving in Sierra Leone (from Sierra Leone)
Image 18Houses at Sierra-Leone (May 1853, X, p. 55) (from Sierra Leone)
Image 19Houses at Sierra-Leone (May 1853, X, p. 55) (from Sierra Leone)
Image 20Sierra Leone map of Köppen climate classification (from Sierra Leone)
Image 21A mosque and a church in Sierra Leone (from Sierra Leone)
Image 22An APC political rally in the northern town of Kabala outside the home of supporters of the rival SLPP in 1968 (from Sierra Leone)
Image 23The 14 districts and 2 areas of Sierra Leone (from Sierra Leone)
Image 29Isata Mahoi shown editing radio programmes in Talking Drum studio Freetown; she is also an actress in the Sierra Leone radio soap opera Atunda Ayenda (from Sierra Leone)
Image 30Historical GDP per capita development (from Sierra Leone)
Image 33Isata Mahoi shown editing radio programmes in Talking Drum studio Freetown; she is also an actress in the Sierra Leone radio soap opera Atunda Ayenda (from Sierra Leone)
Image 34A situation map of the
Ebola outbreak as of 8 August 2014 (from Sierra Leone
Image 38A proportional representation of Sierra Leone exports, 2019 (from Sierra Leone)
Image 39A situation map of the
Ebola outbreak as of 8 August 2014 (from Sierra Leone
)
Image 40British
German Cameroons, the main object of the attack being the port of Duala. Auxiliary native troops were freely used in African warfare." (from Sierra Leone
)
Image 41An 1835 illustration of liberated Africans arriving in Sierra Leone (from Sierra Leone)
Image 42A farmer with his rice harvest in Sierra Leone. Two-thirds of Sierra Leone's population are directly involved in subsistence agriculture. (from Sierra Leone)
Image 43Rice farming in Rolako (from Sierra Leone)
Image 48Temne leader Bai Bureh seen here in 1898 after his surrender, sitting relaxed in his traditional dress with a handkerchief in his hands, while a Sierra Leonean West African Frontier Force soldier stands guard next to him (from Sierra Leone)
Image 52Rice farming in Rolako (from Sierra Leone)
Image 53British
German Cameroons, the main object of the attack being the port of Duala. Auxiliary native troops were freely used in African warfare." (from Sierra Leone
)
Image 54A proportional representation of Sierra Leone exports, 2019 (from Sierra Leone)
Image 55The Sierra Leone Supreme Court in the capital Freetown, the highest and most powerful court in the country (from Sierra Leone)
. The number of cases peaked in October 2014 and then began to decline gradually, following the commitment of substantial international resources.
It caused significant mortality, with a considerable case fatality rate. By the end of the epidemic, 28,616 people had been infected; of these, 11,310 had died, for a case-fatality rate of 40%. , the World Health Organization (WHO) and respective governments reported a total of 28,646 suspected cases and 11,323 deaths (39.5%), though the WHO believes that this substantially understates the magnitude of the outbreak. (Full article...)
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