flag: Sierra Leone
flag: Sierra Leone, ๊น๋ฐ: ์์๋ผ๋ฆฌ์จ
Sierra Leone is a country in West Africa. Its flag has three horizontal stripes of green, white, and blue. This flag was adopted upon its independence in 1961.
Sierra Leone's name means "Lion Mountain." It is known for its diamonds and beautiful beaches.
์์๋ผ๋ฆฌ์จ์ ์์ํ๋ฆฌ์นด์ ์๋ ๋๋ผ๋ก, ๊น๋ฐ์ ์ด๋ก์, ํ์์, ํ๋์ ์ธ ์ค๋ก ๋์ด ์์ด์. ์ด ๊น๋ฐ์ 1961๋ ๋ ๋ฆฝํ ๋ ๋ง๋ค์ด์ก์ต๋๋ค.
์์๋ผ๋ฆฌ์จ์ '์ฌ์์ ์ฐ'์ด๋ผ๋ ๋ป์ ๊ฐ์ง ์ด๋ฆ์ ๊ฐ์ง ๋๋ผ์์. ๋ค์ด์๋ชฌ๋๊ฐ ๋ง์ด ๋๋ ๊ฒ์ผ๋ก ์ ๋ช ํ๊ณ , ์๋ฆ๋ค์ด ํด๋ณ๋ ์์ด์.
The green in Sierra Leone's flag symbolizes agriculture and natural resources, white represents unity and justice, and blue symbolizes the Atlantic Ocean and the port of Freetown. After a long civil war, the country has regained peace and is developing.
Sierra Leone, a former British colony, has English as its official language. Krio is also widely spoken. Sierra Leone boasts a vibrant culture rich in music and dance. The traditional dance "Gula" is especially popular among young people.