.sl is the

Internet The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a '' network of networks'' that consists of private, p ...

country code Country codes are short alphabetic or numeric geographical codes (geocodes) developed to represent countries and dependent areas, for use in data processing and communications. Several different systems have been developed to do this. The term ...

ccTLD A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, sovereign state, or dependent territory identified with a country code. All ASCII ccTLD identifiers are two letters long, and all t ...

) for

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 , Sierr ...

Request for use by Somaliland

In 2020, the Minister of Telecommunication and Technology of the unrecognized state of

Somaliland Somaliland,; ar, صوماليلاند ', ' officially the Republic of Somaliland,, ar, جمهورية صوماليلاند, link=no ''Jumhūrīyat Ṣūmālīlānd'' is a ''de facto'' sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, still consid ...

asked Sierra Leone's Ministry of Information and Communication if they would be willing to share the use of the ccTLD with Somaliland. It is not clear if any response was received.

Second-level domains

* .sl: General (may be registered by anyone) * .com.sl: Commercial entities, e.g. companies * .net.sl: Commercial entities with relation to networking (such as ISPs, cable companies etc.) * .org.sl: Charities and non-profit organisations * .edu.sl: Educational institutions registered in Sierra Leone * .gov.sl: State and local government entities (requires authorization letter from the local Minister of Information Office)

References

External links

IANA .sl whois information

Official .sl domain registration website
Country code top-level domains Communications in Sierra Leone {{compu-domain-stub sv:Toppdomän#S