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1 de outubro de 2010

General and social data about the country..


Official name: Republic of Sierra Leone.
Official language: English, Creole, Mende, Limba, Temne.
Capital: Freetown.
Current President: Ahmad Tejan Kabbah.
Independence: 27 April 1961.
Currency: Leone.
Location: West Africa, southern Guinea and northern Liberia;
the Atlantic Ocean.
Death rate: 23.03 deaths / 1,000 inhabitants.
Birth rate: 45.76 births / 1,000 population.
Population: 6,005,250.
Growth rate: 2.3%.
Life expectancy:Men: Approximately 38 years.
Women: Approximately 43 years.
Population below poverty line: about 70%.
Literacy: Seven in ten adults are illiterate.
AIDS / HIV: Like virtually all countries of Africa, thousands of Sierra Leoneans are infected with HIV. And a large portion of their mortality rate is a result.

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