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Region: Africa

Capital: Monrovia

Population: 4,405,340

Area Total: 111,370

Area Land: 96,320

Climate: tropical; hot, humid; dry winters with hot days and cool to cold nights; wet, cloudy summers with frequent, heavy showers.



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Country Overview

Largest Cities
City Population Estimated
Monrovia 939,524 2014
Gbarnga 45,835 2014
Kakata 33,945 2014

Other Key Data
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%

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