The Republic of Sierra Leone, a former British colony, is located between Guinea and Liberia on Africa's west coast. Freetown is the capital and the only commercial port. Independent since 1961, the country was torn by a decade-long civil war in the 1990s. Following an end to the fighting in 2002 a UN peacekeeping force helped bring some stability to the country. Port facilities were mostly destroyed during the war but they have been restored with help from the World Bank and other international agencies. Navigational lights in Sierra Leone are the responsibility of the Sierra Leone Maritime Administration. We need current information on the status of the country's signature lighthouse. ARLHS numbers are from the ARLHS World List of Lights. Admiralty numbers are from volume D of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals. U.S. NGA List numbers are from Publication 113.
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Adjoining pages: North: Guinea | South: Liberia
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Posted September 5, 2005. Checked and revised May 24, 2025. Lighthouses: 3. Site copyright 2025 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.