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Sierra Leone

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Location

The Resume

    (April 27, 1961- )
    Independent from the UK
    Capital is Freetown
    Slightly smaller than South Carolina
    Borders Guinea and Liberia
    Sierra Leone means Lion Mountain

Why Sierra Leone might be annoying:

    Rebel military juntas attempt to take the government and sometime succeed.
    It is hot, humid and rainy.
    Harmattan winds cause sand and dust storms.
    The coastal area is mostly swamps.
    Life expectancy is only 48½.
    Although English is the official language, it is not widely spoken.
    Sierra Leoneans tend to speak Mende, Temne and Krio (English/Creole mix).
    More than four out of five adult women can not read or write.
    They have a growing tobacco industry.
    Many Sierra Leoneans have been killed by rebels who steal their diamonds, which are sold to buy guns.
    There is a class struggle between the upper class that reside near Freetown and the majority poorer class.

Why Sierra Leone might not be annoying:

    Freed Jamaican slaves settled in the Freetown.
    The original descents of West Indian slaves are the aristocratic upper class.
    They have housed refugees from Liberia's civil war.
    The third largest diamond was found here (1945).
    ¼ of the world's diamonds are from Sierra Leone.
    Roughly translated, Sierra Leone means Mountain Lion.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 65 Votes: 49.23% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 74 Votes: 41.89% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 45 Votes: 48.89% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 18 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 27 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 23 Votes: 69.57% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 18 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 70 Votes: 65.71% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 33 Votes: 57.58% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 30 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 62 Votes: 64.52% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 113 Votes: 58.41% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 185 Votes: 53.51% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 242 Votes: 59.92% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 556 Votes: 57.91% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 376 Votes: 61.17% Annoying