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Republic of Liberia

LIBERIA

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LIBERIA Republic of Liberia

Capital Monrovia
Largest City Monrovia,Montserrado
Land Area 43,000 mi2

Population

  • Total 3,790,000
  • Density 102.0 people/mi2
  • Growth 1.32% per year
  • Children 44.15%
  • Adult 53.04%
  • Elderly 2.812%

Bordering Countries
Guinea, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone

* Statistics by Wolfram|Alpha. "Christianity" is used in the statistical sense and includes Catholics, Protestants, and true Christians.

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Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the west coast of Africa, bordered by Sierra Leone on the West, Guinea on the north, Cote d'Ivoire on the east, and the Atlantic Ocean on the south. Its area is 43,000 square miles, and population is 3,790,000.

Liberia's capital is Monrovia. Liberia has a hot equatorial climate with most rainfall arriving in the rainy season and harsh harmattan winds in the dry season. Liberia's populated Pepper Coast is composed of mostly mangrove forests while the sparsely populated inland is composed of forest that open to a plateau of drier grasslands.

The history of Liberia is unique among African nations because of its relationship with the United States. It is one of only two countries in sub-Sahara Africa, along with Ethiopia, without roots in the European Scramble for Africa. It was founded and colonized by freed American slaves with the help of a private organization called the American Colonization Society in 1821-1822, on the premise that former American slaves would have greater freedom and equality there.

Slaves freed from slave ships were also sent there instead of being repatriated to their countries of origin. These colonists formed an elite group in Liberian society, and, in 1847, they founded the Republic of Liberia, establishing a government modeled on that of the United States, naming Monrovia, their capital city, after James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States and a prominent supporter of the colonization.

A military-led coup in 1980 overthrew then-president William R. Tolbert, which marked the beginning of a period of instability that eventually led to two civil wars that left hundreds of thousands of people dead and devastated the country's economy. Today, Liberia is recovering from the lingering effects of the civil war and related economic dislocation. Statistics indicate that about 85% of the population live on less than $1.25 a day.


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Eternal Love Baptist Church

Paster Peter K.Flomo
Stella Marris Polytechnic Capitol Hill
11th Street Sinkor, Liberia Monrovia
(231) 652-2341
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World Wide New Testament Baptist ...

Guanue & Bendu G’bendah
P.O. Box 725
Kings Mountain, Liberia 28086

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