Sierra Leone
type: Thing
type: Place
type: Location
type: Q6256
type: PopulatedPlace
type: Country
name: Colony and Protectorate of Sierra Leone
label: Colônia e Protetorado da Serra Leoa @pt
label: Colonia y Protectorado de Sierra Leona @es
label: Colònia de Sierra Leone @ca
label: Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate
label: Colonie et Protectorat de la Sierra Leone @fr
label: Kolonie und Protektorat Sierra Leone @de
anthem: God Save the King
capital: Freetown
currency: British West African pound
currency: Pound sterling
description: 1808年到1961年大英帝國在非洲的殖民地之一 @zh
description: colònia i protectorat de la Corona Britànica a Àfrica (1808-1961) @ca
description: הממשל הקולוניאלי הבריטי בסיירה לאון בין השנים 1808–1961 @iw
description: koloni och protektorat i det brittiska imperiet @sv
description: британская колониальная администрация в Сьерра-Леоне с 1808 до 1961 года @ru
description: Yeni Sömürgecilik çağında Britanya İmparatorluğu'nun bir parçası olan Sierra Leone'de 1808-1961 yılları arasında Britanya sömürgesiydi @tr
description: かつてアフリカに存在したイギリスの植民地及び保護領 @ja
description: British colony and protectorate in Africa from 1808 until 1961
description: Britische Kolonie mit Protektorat und bestand von 1808 bis 1961 @de
description: colonia e protettorato britannico in Africa, corrispondente all'attuale Sierra Leone (1808-1961) @it
description: colonia y protectorado de la Corona británica en África (1808-1961) @es
description: Britannian siirtomaa ja protektoraatti Afrikassa vuodesta 1808 vuoteen 1961 @fi
description: colonia e protectorado da Coroa británica en África entre 1808 e 1961 @gl
description: colonie et protectorat britannique en Afrique de 1808 à 1961 @fr
language: Krio language
legislature: Parliament of Sierra Leone
legislature: Legislative Council of Sierra Leone
motto: (Latin: "Free under the protection of Britain")
official language: English language
religion: Christianity
religion: Islam
subject: Category:Former countries in Africa
subject: Category:States and territories established in 1808
subject: Category:1896 establishments in the British Empire
subject: Category:1896 establishments in Africa
subject: Category:Sierra Leone and the Commonwealth of Nations
subject: Category:Former British colonies and protectorates in Africa
subject: Category:Former British protectorates
subject: Category:States and territories established in 1896
subject: Category:1961 disestablishments in Africa
subject: Category:Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate
subject: Category:States and territories disestablished in 1961
subject: Category:British West Africa
subject: Category:19th-century establishments in Sierra Leone
subject: Category:20th-century disestablishments in Sierra Leone
subject: Category:1808 establishments in the British Empire
subject: Category:1808 establishments in Africa
today: Sierra Leone
empire: British Empire
alt coat: Coat of arms of Sierra Leone
common name: Sierra Leone
conventional long name: Colony and Protectorate of Sierra Leone
date end: --04-27
date event: --08-31
date start: --01-01
deputy: Milton Margai
era: Decolonisation of Africa
era: New Imperialism
era: Abolitionism in the United Kingdom
event: Protectorate established
event end: Independence as Sierra Leone
event start: Colony established
flag: Flag of the Crown Colony of Sierra Leone
flag p: Flag_of_the_Wassoulou_Empire.svg
flag s: Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg
flag type: Flag of Sierra Leone
footnote a: The official name for head of government of Sierra Leone was "Chief Minister of Sierra Leone" from 1954 until 1958 and "Prime Minister of Sierra Leone" from 1958 until 1961.
image coat: Coat of arms of Sierra Leone .svg
image flag: Flag of Sierra Leone .svg
image map: Map Sierra Leone and Liberia.jpg
image map caption: Location of Sierra Leone in Western Africa
leader: George III