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Geography
Sierra Leone is situated on the west coast of Africa between latitudes 10° and 13° west and longitudes 7 and
100 north, and covers an area of some 71,620 km2. To the west and southwest its Atlantic coastline extends
for almost 400 km. The country shares its north and northeastern border with the Republic of Guinea, and its
southeastern border with Liberia. Sierra Leone possesses a tropical and humid climate, with a clearly defined
rainy season. Annual rainfall averages about 380 cm (150 inches) in Freetown, decreasing inland to about 200
cm (80 inches) in the north of the country. Most of the rain falls between July and September. There are mangrove
swamps amps along the coast but most of the country is covered with dense secondary forest or bush, and over large
areas the land surface comprises residual laterite. or detrital material. The country possesses numerous streams
and rivers.
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Broadly speaking, the western half of Sierra Leone comprises a large plain, while the eastern half consists of
a number of elevated plateaux rising to a maximum height of 1,950 m (6,390ft) above sea-level at Bintumani in
the Loma Mountains. The plain comprises a 50 km wide coastal belt composed of marine or deltaic sediments running
parallel to the coast, and a continental belt stretching some 95 km inland from the coastal plain, underlain by
rocks of the 01(1 continental land mass.
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News
Sierra Leone Foundation Boost Bombay Market
Culled from the 'NEW CITIZEN NEWSPAPER' in Freetown Sierra Leone, reported Samuel
M Serry Jr. on 16 March 2006
The Sierra Leone Foundation comprised of Sierra Leoneans in the UK and the
Diaspora is at the moment constructing a ten-toilet building at the Bombay Street
Market.
The project estimated at £10,000, is being undertaken in collaboratiom with the Freetown City
Council. The project coordinator Edward Gbla informed the New Citizen that when the building is
completed, it would contain six toilets for women and four toilets for men and that this facility
is expected to meet the health and sanitaiy needs of the traders and customers and that a
number of workers would be employed to manage the toilets at the largest market in the East End of
Freetown. Members of the Foundation, with its head office located in Reading, England, also have
plans to contribute towards the construction of other sanitary related projects.
Edward Gbla further revealed that the sanitaiy-related projects would be funded through the
organisation’s meagre resources and urged other Sierra Leoneans to take up the challenge of rebuilding
the country in their own little ways rather criticising the authorities for doing little or
nothing.
A Councillor of the Freetown City Council, Councillor Ahmed Samba Katnara said “this initiative is
good for us all and is a wake-up call to all Sierra Leoneans living at home and abroaci”
Youths and women leaders at Bombay Street Market have pledged their total support towards the success of
the project which they have described as a positive move in alleviating their plight.
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