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Also included is the number of unique sovereign states [a] that a country or territory shares as neighbors. If the number is higher due to multiple dependencies or unrecognized states bordering the state, the larger number is shown in brackets. Footnotes are provided to provide clarity regarding the status of certain countries and territories.
Sierra Leone does not have an embassy accredited to Poland. Russia: Russia is accredited to Sierra Leone from its embassy in Conakry, Guinea. Sierra Leone has an embassy in Moscow. Spain: 6 March 1964: See Sierra Leone–Spain relations Sierra Leone is accredited to Spain from its embassy in London, the United Kingdom.
Sierra Leone (/ s i ˌ ɛr ə l i ˈ oʊ n (i)/ ⓘ, also UK: / s i ˌ ɛər ə-/, US: / ˌ s ɪər ə-/; [8] [9] Krio: Salone), [10] officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered to the southeast by Liberia and by Guinea to the north. Its land area is 73,252 km 2 (28,283 sq mi). [11]
Control of the area's wealth and the instability of the national governments of all three countries led to a series of violent conflicts involving these districts in the 1990s (See Sierra Leone Civil War, First Liberian Civil War, Second Liberian Civil War). Liberia and Sierra Leone founded the Mano River Union in 1973. [4] Guinea joined in 1980.
However, due to internal conflicts within the two original MRU countries (the Sierra Leone Civil War [1991-2002] and the First [1989-1997] and Second Liberian Civil Wars [1999-2003]), these objectives could not be achieved. [3] The staff numbered 600 in 1986, but was down to 300 in 1993, then to 120, and 48 in 2000. [4]
Sierra Leone – sovereign country located in West Africa. [1] Sierra Leone is bordered by Guinea in the northeast, Liberia in the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean in the southwest. Sierra Leone covers a total area of 71,740 km 2 (27,699 sq mi) [ 2 ] and has a population of 5,900,000.
Britain and France confirmed the new French-Guinea-Sierra Leone boundary line in June 1911 and signed a treaty to this effect on 4 September 1913. [3] French Guinea gained independence in 1958, followed by Sierra Leone in 1961, and the boundary then became one between two sovereign states.
This is a list of diplomatic missions of Sierra Leone, excluding honorary consulates. As a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, Sierra Leonean diplomatic missions in the capitals of other Commonwealth member-states are known as High Commissions.