A Bit of history

   A Bit of history

 Sierra Leone is a country located in Africa, bathed by the Atlantic Ocean, bordered to the north and east by Guinea, Liberia to the southeast. Sierra Leone has mountains in the north and east; them are areas of diamond mining, the principal economic activity of the country ..

The country was colonized by ...

Isolated by the ocean, the region where is located the Sierra Leone remained away from the influence of the great empires that were established in Niger high around the year 1000. The people who inhabited it were then divided into small independent states. By the fifteenth century, migrations of ethnic Sudanese poured into islands and woodlands indigenous peoples, including the bulons, set in the region since time immemorial.
The Portuguese Pedro de Sintra found the back of the country, which was part of the kingdom of Sapes in 1460. The country's name was given by Portuguese explorer who called Sierra Leone a lot and all the coast he discovered. The name derives from the similarity with the saw had a lioness to be sighted in the distance the sea. In addition, the thunder in the rainy season resembled the roar of the animal.

The European presence in the territory date of 1462, when the Portuguese explored the coast and founded the first trading posts. Still persist buildings built by the Portuguese. In the sixteenth century, warriors source mandé (Mandingo), from the interior, invaded the region and provided slaves to European slave traders. In a short time the area became the object of fierce trade dispute between the slavers Portuguese, French, English, Dutch, Danes and Prussians.

   It Was explored by ..

O português Pedro de Sintra descobriu as costas do país, que fazia parte do reino dos Sapes, em 1460. 

It was Inhabited by

   Before the arrival of Pedro de Sintra the Republic of Sierra Leone was inhabited by Temnes ethnic group that today represents approximately one third of Leon. Mostly composed of followers of Islam, Temnes divide one third of the population with Mendes, composed mostly of animists.

The republic was founded in

  Along with the flag was designed by the College Coat of Arms and granted in 1960.