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Lion Mountains
The Lion Mountains (also called Lioness Mountains or Peninsula Mountains, originally from pt, Serra Leoa) are a mountain range in Sierra Leone. The range stretches on the Freetown Peninsula by the Atlantic Ocean, southeast of the capital, Freetown. The mountains are part of the Western Area Forest Reserve, a nature reserve with a hunting ban, established in 1916. The highest point is Picket Hill at . The Lion Mountains lie isolated on the coast of the Atlantic, and are surrounded by sea and lowlands in all directions. Around inland the terrain starts to elevate up to the Guinea Highlands, the closest mountains. Being the only significant coastal mountains between Morocco and Cameroon, the Lion Mountains were a striking feature to the early European explorers. The republic of Sierra Leone is named after the range. The Portuguese explorer Pedro de Sintra named in 1462 the mountains ''Serra Leoa'' (Lioness Mountains). At a later point in time, Italian cartographers consulted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierra Leone has a tropical climate, with diverse environments ranging from savanna to rainforests. The country has a population of 7,092,113 as of the 2015 census. The capital and largest city is Freetown. The country is divided into five administrative regions, which are subdivided into Districts of Sierra Leone, 16 districts. Sierra Leone is a constitutional republic with a unicameral parliament and a directly elected executive president, president serving a five-year term with a maximum of two terms. The current president is Julius Maada Bio. Sierra Leone is a Secular state, secular nation with Constitution of Sierra Leone, the constitution providing for the separation of state and religion and freedom of conscience (which includes freedom of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |