ISD CODE: +232
Time Zone: GMT
Area: 71 740 sq. kms. (27 710 sq. mi.)
Capital: Freetown
Main towns: Koidu, Bo, Kenema, Makeni.
Population: 4.1 million
Languages: English (official) local dialects.
General information: First colonised by the British as a settlement for freed slaves. It has an Atlantic coast, and is surrounded by Guinea, and Liberia. Flat coastal lowlands rise to mountains in the north east.
Climate: One of the wettest places on the African Coast with rainfalls of up to 500 cms. Hot dry winds in the dry season.
