CULTURE

Population (2010 est.): 5,132,138
Ethnicities: There are 20 african ethnical groups in Sierra Leone.
Literacy rate: 35.1% of the population can read and write in english, arabic, mende or temne.
Religion: 60% of the population is muslim, 30% indigenous beliefs and 10% christian.

INTERNATINAL RELATIONS

Sierra Leone has very good relations with a lot of countries, specially USA, and it is a member of the UN and its special agencies like FAO, WMO and WHO; and other organizations such as the Commonwealth Organization, AFDB(African Development Bank), AU( African Union), ECOWAS( Economic Community of West African States), and WTO ( World Trade Organization).

HISTORY

Sierra Leone who was before known as Romarong, was first occupied by the ethnical groups sherbro, temne, kono, limba and mende. In 1462, the portuguese landend in this place and decided to call it Lion Mountains. After this until 1792, it became a very important centre of transatlantic trade in slave. In 1808 it became a British Crown Colony and in 1896 half of the country became British protectorate. But in 1961 they both combine and fought for independence so that in 2000 they became the Sierra Leone.

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