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Sierra Leone is a country located in [[West Africa]], known officially as the Republic of Sierra Leone.

==Government of Sierra Leone==
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The government of Sierra Leone is the governing authority of the [[Republic of Sierra Leone]], as established by the [[Constitution of Sierra Leone|Sierra Leone Constitution]]. The Sierra Leone government is divided into three branches: the [[Executive branch|executive]], [[Legislative branch|legislative]] and the [[Judiciary|judicial]]. The [[seat of government]] of Sierra Leone is in the capital [[Freetown]].

{{Democracy Index rating|Sierra Leone|hybrid regime|2022}}

== Administrative divisions ==
{{Further|Administrative divisions of Sierra Leone}}

Sierra Leone is divided into provinces, districts, and chiefdoms. Sierra Leone has 3 rural provinces, plus a capital city administrative province. There are then 14 districts - 12 rural, 2 for the capital Freetown.

Sierra Leone is further divided into 149 chiefdoms.<ref name="tristan">[http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/jrobinson/files/history.pdf  Tristan Reed and James A. Robinson, ''The Chiefdoms of Sierra Leone''], ''Scholar'', Harvard University, 15 July 2013, Document available online, accessed 30 April 2014</ref> The chiefdoms are hereditary, tribal units of local governance.<ref name="tristan"/> The [[World Bank]] sponsored the creation of elected local councils in 2004.<ref name="tristan"/>

==Political parties and elections==
{{main|List of political parties in Sierra Leone|Elections in Sierra Leone|2023 Sierra Leonean general election}}

{{#section-h:2023 Sierra Leonean general election|Results}}

==See also==
*[[List of ambassadors of Sierra Leone to Germany]]
*[[List of ambassadors of Sierra Leone to Russia]]
*[[Sierra Leone presidents and head of state by tribes]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050902130820/http://www.statehouse.sl/ Office of the Sierra Leone President]
*[http://www.sierra-leone.org/government.html Sierra Leone Government]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080501184018/http://www.sc-sl.org/ Special Court for Sierra Leone]
*[http://www.trcsierraleone.org Truth and Reconciliation Commission]

===Elections===
*[http://africanelections.tripod.com/sl.html African Elections Database]
*https://books.google.com/books?id=jj4J-AXGDaQC&dq=state+avenue+state+house+in+freetown+closed+to+public&pg=PA983

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