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Country Overview
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Largest Cities
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City
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Population
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Estimated
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Monrovia
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939,524
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2014
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Gbarnga
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45,835
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2014
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Kakata
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33,945
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2014
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| 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
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| January: |
°C / 76.50°F |
| July: |
°C / 75.40°F |
| Annual Rainfall: |
mm / 109.1" |
Boundaries
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Cote d `Ivoire
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716 km
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Guinea
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563 km
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Sierra Leone
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306 km
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Ethnic Divisions
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Other indigenous groups
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41.00%
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Kpelle
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17.00%
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Bassa
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10.00%
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Kru
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10.00%
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Gio
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6.00%
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Mawe
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6.00%
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Mawe
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6.00%
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Buzi
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5.00%
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Americo-Liberians
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5.00%
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Religions
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Christian
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40.00%
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Indigenous beliefs
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40.00%
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Muslim
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20.00%
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CountryWire
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