Country Overview
Largest Cities
|
City
|
Population
|
Estimated
|
Monrovia
|
939,524
|
2014
|
Gbarnga
|
45,835
|
2014
|
Kakata
|
33,945
|
2014
|
Region: |
Africa |
Population: |
4,405,340 |
Area Total: |
111,370km2 |
Area Land: |
96,320km2 |
Coast Line: |
579km |
Capital: |
Monrovia |
Climate: |
tropical; hot, humid; dry winters with hot days and cool to cold nights; wet, cloudy summers with frequent, heavy showers. |
Languages: |
English (official), 20 local languages of the Niger-Congo language group |
Currency: |
1 Liberian dollar (L$) = 100 cents |
Holiday: |
Independence Day is 26 July (1847), Tubman's Day is 29 November (1895) |
Average Daily Temperature
|
January: |
°C / 76.50°F |
July: |
°C / 75.40°F |
Annual Rainfall: |
mm / 109.1" |
Boundaries
|
Cote d `Ivoire
|
716 km
|
Guinea
|
563 km
|
Sierra Leone
|
306 km
|
Ethnic Divisions
|
Other indigenous groups
|
41.00%
|
Kpelle
|
17.00%
|
Bassa
|
10.00%
|
Kru
|
10.00%
|
Gio
|
6.00%
|
Mawe
|
6.00%
|
Mawe
|
6.00%
|
Buzi
|
5.00%
|
Americo-Liberians
|
5.00%
|
Religions
|
Christian
|
40.00%
|
Indigenous beliefs
|
40.00%
|
Muslim
|
20.00%
|
CountryWire
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