Dig straight down through Sierra Leone 🇸🇱 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Solomon Islands 🇸🇧. Below are Sierra Leone's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Capital | Freetown |
|---|---|
| Population | about 7.81 million |
| Area | 75,982 km² (29,337 sq mi) |
| Region | Western Africa, Africa |
| Economy | Least developed region |
| Income group | Low income |
| Official name | Republic of Sierra Leone |
| Also written | Sierra Leona (es) · Sierra Leone (fr) · 塞拉利昂 (zh) · سيراليون (ar) · Сьерра-Леоне (ru) · シエラレオネ (ja) |
Taken from the middle of Sierra Leone, that point sits at 8.5609° S, 168.1556° E. The nearest coast is Solomon Islands 🇸🇧, roughly 322 km (200 miles) north-east.
The closest settlement of any size is Honiara, Solomon Islands, about 906 km (563 miles) from the point.
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