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2. Sierra Leone - Wikipedia

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   Sierra Leone is a culturally diverse country, home to approximately 18 ethnic groups, with the Temne and Mende peoples being predominant. The Creole people, descendants of freed African-American, Afro-Caribbean slaves and liberated Africans, constitute about 1.2% of the population.

3. Sierra Leone | Culture, History, Maps, Languages, & People -...

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   Sierra Leone, country of western Africa. The country owes its name to the 15th-century Portuguese explorer Pedro de Sintra, the first European to sight and map Freetown harbour. The original Portuguese name, Serra Lyoa (“Lion Mountains”), referred to the range of hills that surrounds the harbour.

4. Sierra Leone country profile - BBC News

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   Sierra Leone, a country in West Africa, has a special significance in the history of the transatlantic slave trade as the departure point for thousands of west African captives. The capital,...

5. Sierra Leone - The World Factbook

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   Continuously populated for at least 2,500 years, the area now known as Sierra Leone is covered with dense jungle that allowed the region to remain relatively protected from invading West African empires. Traders introduced Sierra Leone to Islam, which occupies a central role in Sierra Leonean culture and history.

6. History of Sierra Leone | Events, People, Dates, Maps, & Facts -...

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   The country is located along the Atlantic coast of western Africa and its capital is Freetown. Sierra Leone owes its name to the 15th-century Portuguese explorer Pedro de Sintra, who referred to the range of hills that surrounds Freetown harbor as Serra Lyoa (‘Lion Mountains’).

7. Sierra Leone - West Africa - Country Profile - Nations Online...

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   A virtual guide to Sierra Leone, a tropical country on the coast of West Africa, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in south west, by Liberia in south east and it is half surrounded by Guinea in north and north east.