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Communications of Sierra Leone

Telephones - main lines in use:24,000 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular:113,200 (2003)
Telephone system:general assessment: marginal telephone and telegraph service
domestic: the national microwave radio relay trunk system connects Freetown to Bo and Kenema
international: country code - 232; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2000)
Radio broadcast stations:AM 1, FM 9, shortwave 1 (2001)
Radios:1.12 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:2 (1999)
Televisions:53,000 (1997)
Internet country code:.sl
Internet hosts:20 (2006)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):1 (2001)
Internet users:10,000 (2005)

Sierra Leone Quickstats

  • Population: 6,144,562 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 71,740 sq km
  • Density: 83 /km² (114th¹)
  • GDP (total): $4.921 billion (151st)
  • GDP (per capita): $903 (172nd)
  • Literacy: 35.1%

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  • Currency: Leone (SLL)
  • Dial code: +232

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