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Disputes - international:as domestic fighting among disparate ethnic groups, rebel groups, warlords, and youth gangs in Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone gradually abate, the number of refugees in border areas has begun to slowly dwindle; UN Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) has maintained over 4,000 peacekeepers in Sierra Leone since 1999; Sierra Leone considers excessive Guinea's definition of the flood plain limits to define the left bank boundary of the Makona and Moa rivers and protests Guinea's continued occupation of these lands including the hamlet of Yenga occupied since 1998
Refugees and internally displaced persons:refugees (country of origin): 59,952 (Liberia) (2006)

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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