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COUNTRY FACTS: LIBERIA
Name(official): Republic of Liberia
Name(short): Liberia
Capital City: Monrovia
Location: Western Africa
Coordinate: 6 30 N, 9 30 W
Independence: (From American colonization Society) July 26th; 1847.
President: Ellen Sirleaf Johnson
Type of Government: Republic
Total Area: 111 369sq.km.
Population: 3 042 004
People: (16 ethnic African tribes including Kpelle, Bassa, Gio, Kru,...) 95%, Americo-Liberians(descendant of freed slaves) and others 5%.
Religion: Christians 40%, muslims 20%, animists 40%.
Languages: English(official), 16 indigenous languages.
Literacy: 57.5%total, 73.3%male, 41.6%female (2003 est.)
Currency: Liberian dollar(1$L= 100cents)
GDP(per capita): $900 (2005 est.)
Arable Land: 3.43%(2005 est.)
Agriculture: coffee, cocoa, sugarcane, rice, cassava(tapioca), palm oil, banana, plantain, citrus, pineapple, sweet potatoes, corn, vegetables.l
Natural resources: Iron ore, rubber, timber, diamond, gold, tin, small amount of crude oil along the Atlantic coast.
Embassy in Japan: Embassy of the Republic of Liberia,
Chancery: 3F, Room 304, 1-4-2, Azabudai, Minato-ku.
Post Code: 106-0041, Tel. 03-3584-1676/8
General Info: Liberia Embassy, U.S.A.
International Phone Code: +231

ECONOMY: BUSINESS, TRADE AND INVESTMENT

  • Tourism:

MAJOR CITIES

Monrovia, Buchanan, Ganta, Gbarnga, Kakata, Harbel.

NEWS

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

GOVERNMENT: ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS

15 counties; Bomi, Bong, Gbarpolu, Grand Bassa, Grand Cape Mount, Grand Gedeh, Grand Kru, Lofa, Margibi, Maryland, Montserrado, Nimba, River Cess, River Gee, Sinoe.

GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS

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