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Sierra Leone (548 members)
Capital: Freetown
Population: 6294774
Area: 71,740 km²
GDP: 1.664 billion
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%)
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BRIEFBACKGROUND AND CONTEXT: Wellington where the project is located is one of the densely populated communities due to government strategic planning over the years and has become centrally located in the East of Freetown. For various... (read more)
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