Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. XI, 1953 Geography & dioceses States, regions and cities

Sierra Leone

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SIERRA LEONE. - British possession in Guinea, enclosed between Liberia and French Guinea.

It consists of a small colony (702 sq km, 124,000 inhabitants) on the coast, and of a protectorate (71,654 sq km, with 1.9 million inhabitants) covering the remaining territory. From the flat coastline bordered by lagoons the territory rises inland to over 1000 m. Forest and savanna give way, locally, to plantations, which produce rice, barley, cassava and above all oil palm. The subsoil yields gold, diamonds, platinum, chromite, and, recently, hematite, whose deposits appear considerable. The inhabitants (over 2 million) are for the most part Sudanese. Freetown (90,000 inhabitants), with a good harbor, is the capital of the colony.

For evangelization v. FREETOWN.

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BIBL.: F. W. Butt-Thompson, S. L. in history and tradition, London 1926; N. N., An Outline of ten-year plan for the development of S. L., Freetown 1946.

Giuseppe Caraci

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI (1953), col. 558.

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Caraci, Giuseppe. “Sierra Leone.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, col. 558. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/sierra-leone.

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Caraci, Giuseppe. “Sierra Leone.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 558. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/sierra-leone.

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  author    = {Caraci, Giuseppe},
  title     = {Sierra Leone},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XI},
  pages     = {558},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/sierra-leone}
}

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