Africa · DX entity · DXCC 458

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone is a DX entity in Africa, in CQ zone 35 and ITU zone 46. Its primary prefix is 9L.

Flag of Sierra Leone.

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Figure 1. Sierra Leone and its provinces, with neighbouring land in grey. Hover for names; scroll to zoom. Boundaries: Natural Earth, Admin 0 Map Subunits and Admin 1 States and Provinces, 1:10m, version 5.1.2 (13 May 2022), public domain, retrieved 2026-10-15. https://www.naturalearthdata.com/. DX entity boundaries assembled by The DX Atlas Project from the sources named, one recipe row per DXCC entity (subunits matched, merged, split by box or carved from a parent; DXEntity-Recipe.md), 2026. Simplified for this page to 0.003433 degrees, about 382 m; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 8.5° N 11.8° W.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	458
Name in the ADIF standard	SIERRA LEONE
Continent	Africa
Primary prefix	9L
CQ zone	35
ITU zone	46

Prefixes

9L is the primary prefix. The country files list 1 prefix for Sierra Leone.

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Sources: Jim Reisert AD1C, Big CTY country files, 15 September 2026. https://www.country-files.com/ (MIT licence); ADIF Development Group, ADIF Specification version 3.1.8 (2026-10-12), DXCC Entity Code enumeration. https://adif.org/; ARRL, DXCC List (current and deleted entities), January 2026. https://www.arrl.org/country-lists-prefixes; Flag: Flagpedia.net (flagcdn.com), SVG, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-10.