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  • WHY SIERRA LEONE
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Basic Facts

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    Basic Facts About Sierra Leone

    Form of state and government Unitary republic with constitutional government, based on English common law
    Head of state President Ernest Bai Koroma
    Population 6,294,774 (July 2008 est.)
    Major cities Freetown (capital): 1,070,200
    Bo: 472,919
    Kenema: 254,539
    Koidu Town: 123,800
    Makeni: 115,900
    Measurements: Metric system
    Language English
    Local time GMT year round
    Business hours 8am–5pm
    Official Holidays New Years Day, January 1
    Good Friday, varies
    Easter Monday, varies
    Independence Day, April 27
    Prophet Mohammad’s Birthday, varies
    End of Ramadan, varies
    Tabaski, varies
    Christmas Day, December 25
    Boxing Day, December 26
    Weather Hottest month: April, 29°C
    Coldest month: August, 26°C
    Driest month: February
    Wettest month: July
    Average annual rainfall: 300cm
    Exchange rate (August 2013) US$ 1 = SLL (leone) 4,400
    Euro 1 = SLL 5,674
    BP 1 = SLL 6,367
    Japanese Yen 1 = SLL 43
    RSA Rand 1 = SLL 514
    Nigerian Naira 1 = SLL 25.218
    GDP Facts: GDP: $1.99 billion (2011 est.)
    GDP growth rate: 35.9 percent (2012 est.)
    Average GDP growth rate: 5.1 percent (2000-2011 est)
    Market access ECOWAS: 220 million
    EU Cotonou Agreement: 456 million
    US AGOA: 300 million

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    Office
    O.A.U Drive, Tower Hill, Freetown Sierra Leone

    Phone Number
    +232 25 332 863

    Email Adress
    info@sliepa.org

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