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Sierra Leone (, UK also ), officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea to the northeast, Liberia to the southeast and the Atlantic Ocean to the southwest. It has a tropical climate, with a diverse environment ranging from savanna to rainforests. The country has a total area of 71,740 km2 (27,699 sq mi) and a population of 7,075,641 as of the 2015 census. Sierra Leone is a constitutional republic with a directly elected president and a unicameral legislature. Sierra Leone has a dominant unitary central government. The president is the head of state and the head of government. Since independence in 1961 to present, Sierra Leonean politics has been dominated by two major political parties, the Sierra Leone People's Party and the All People's Congress. The country's capital and largest city is Freetown (population 1,050,301). The second most populous city is Kenema (population 200,354) located 200 miles from Freetown. Sierra Leone is made up of five administrative regions: the Northern Province, North West Province, Eastern Province, Southern Province and the Western Area. These regions are subdivided into sixteen districts, which are further divided into 190 chiefdoms.. Sierra Leone was a British colony from 1808 to 1961. Sierra Leone became independent from the United Kingdom on 27 April 1961, led by Sir Milton Margai, who became the country's first prime minister. In May 1962, Sierra Leone held its first general elections as an Independent nation, and Sir Milton Margai"s Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) won most seats in parliament. The main opposition leader Siaka Stevens" All People's Congress (APC) defeated the ruling SLPP under Sir Albert Margai"s leadership in the closely contested 1967 Sierra Leone parliamentary election. Stevens ruled Sierra Leone from 1968 to 1985. In 1971, Stevens abolished Sierra Leone"s parliamentary government system and declared Sierra Leone a presidential republic. 1n July 1975, over a dozen of military and government officials were executed after they were convicted of planning to overthrew president Stevens. Sierra was a one party state from 1978 to 1985, in which Stevens" APC was the only legal political party in the country. The current constitution of Sierra Leone, that includes multi party democracy was adopted in 1991 by the government of President Joseph Saidu Momoh, Stevens' hand picked successor. In 1991, a rebel group known as the Revolutionary United Front led by former Sierra Leone army Corporal Foday Sankoh launched a brutal civil war in the country. In April 1992 a group of Junior military officers toppled Momoh from power and a twenty-five year old Captain Valentine Strasser became the head of State. An aledged coup plot to topple Strasser was foiled in December 1992; and on 29 December 1992, the military government of Strasser executed dozens of soldiers, police, and other government officials loyal to the ousted former president Mom...