Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone Capital city:  Freetown1 Languages:  English (official, regular use limited to literate minority), Mende (principal vernacular in the south), Temne (principal vernacular in the north), Krio (English-based Creole, spoken by the descendants of freed Jamaican slaves who were settled in the Freetown area, a lingua franca and a first language for 10% of the population but understood by 95%)1 Economic profile Monetary unit: leone : Le GDP per capita in dollars: 2 601 (2016) 653 (2015) ...