Guinea–Sierra Leone border

The border starts in the west at the Atlantic coast, and then proceeds overland in a north-easterly direction via various irregular and some straight lines, as well as the Great Scarcies River, before reaching the 10th parallel north. The boundary then follows this parallel eastwards for circa 75 km (47 m), before proceeding in a south-westerly direction, cutting across the Loma and Tingi Mountains, down to the Meli river. The border follows the Meli down to the confluence with the Moa/Makona, and then follows the Makona eastwards to the Liberian tripoint. ==History==

Sierra Leone was founded by the British in the 1780s as haven for rescued and freed slaves; the area around Freetown was made a crown colony in 1808 and British rule gradually extended over the interior over the following decades. France had also taken an interest in the West African coast, settling in the region of modern Senegal in the 17th century and later annexing the coast of what is now Guinea in the late 19th century as the Rivières du Sud colony. The area was renamed French Guinea 1893, and was later included within the French West Africa colony. The dispute was settled in 2013 and the town returned to Sierra Leonean control. ==Settlements near the border==

Guinea • Pamela • Farmoriah • Degui • Moungata • Koundou Sierra Leone • Kambia • Bramaia • Kukuna • Koliba • Gberia Fotombu • Bendugu • Faragbema • Saiama • Kainkordu • Dia • Yenga ==References==