Branches: Army, Coast Guard, Marines, National Guard, Presidential
Protection Unit, Police Force
Manpower availability: males age 15-49 19,829; males fit for military
service 10,099 (1995 est.)
Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $12 million, 4% of
GDP (1990 est.)
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SIERRA LEONE
@Sierra Leone:Geography
Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between
Guinea and Liberia
Map references: Africa
Area:
total area: 71,740 sq km
land area: 71,620 sq km
comparative area: slightly smaller than South Carolina
Land boundaries: total 958 km, Guinea 652 km, Liberia 306 km