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Sierra Leone (historically)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Sierra_Leone_(historically)
GPTKB entity
Statements (53)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:historical_region
gptkbp:area
71,740 km²
gptkbp:borderedBy
gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:Guinea
gptkb:Liberia
gptkbp:capital
gptkb:Freetown
gptkbp:colonizedBy
gptkb:France
gptkb:Portugal
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:currency
Leone
gptkbp:establishedAsColony
1808
gptkbp:ethnicGroup
Krio
Limba
Mende
Temne
gptkbp:firstGovernor
gptkb:Thomas_Ludlam
gptkbp:firstPresident
gptkb:Siaka_Stevens
gptkbp:flag
green, white, and blue horizontal stripes
gptkbp:founded
resettlement of freed slaves
gptkbp:foundedBy
gptkb:British_abolitionists
gptkbp:historicalEvent
gptkb:Sierra_Leone_Civil_War
gptkb:Transatlantic_slave_trade
Abolition of slavery
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Sierra Leone (historically)
gptkbp:independenceDate
1961
gptkbp:locatedIn
gptkb:West_Africa
gptkbp:memberOf
gptkb:African_Union
gptkb:Commonwealth_of_Nations
gptkb:ECOWAS
gptkbp:motto
Unity, Freedom, Justice
gptkbp:notableBuilding
gptkb:Sewa_River
Rokel River
gptkbp:notableCity
gptkb:Koidu
gptkb:Kenema
gptkb:Bo
gptkb:Makeni
gptkbp:notablePeak
gptkb:Loma_Mountains
gptkbp:notablePeninsula
gptkb:Freetown_Peninsula
gptkbp:notablePlace
gptkb:gold
gptkb:jewelry
gptkb:iron_ore
bauxite
rutile
gptkbp:officialLanguage
English
gptkbp:populationEstimate
7 million (modern estimate)
gptkbp:primeMinister
gptkb:Milton_Margai
gptkbp:religion
gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Islam
gptkb:Traditional_African_religions
gptkbp:UNMemberSince
1961
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:British_King's_Counsel
gptkb:Defaced_Blue_Ensign
gptkbp:bfsLayer
7