What the records say
- When
- 1961
- Kind
- Territorial change
- Where
- Sierra Leone
- Coordinates
- 8.62° N, 11.76° W
- Process
- unknown
- Type
- Unknown process (often independences)
- Pop
- 2252000
- Area km2
- 72326
- Losing
- United Kingdom
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Sierra Leone
Country in West Africa
Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the west coast of West Africa. It is bordered to the southeast by Liberia and to the north by Guinea. Sierra Leone's land area is 73,252 km2 (28,283 sq mi). It has a tropical climate and environments ranging from savannahs to rainforests. As of the 2023 census, Sierra Leone had a population of 8,460,512. Freetown is its capital and largest city.
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The source
- COW Territorial Change v6Correlates of War ProjectCorrelates of War: free use with citation