Liberia Country Info - Africa

Description and Basic Information

Liberia with its capital Monrovia is located in Africa (Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean). It covers some 111,371 square kilometres (slightly larger than Tennessee) with 3,334,000 citizens. English is the language used in Liberia. Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast and Guinea are bordering countries.

Liberiais in West Africa. It is bordered by Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Côte d'Ivoire. The equatorial climate is hot year-round with heavy rainfall from May to October with a short interlude in mid-July to August. Liberia is well-known for its beautiful masks. Masks are on sale around hotels and UN centres. After haggling, they will cost you about $25 (depending on the size etc.)

Pictures from Capital (Monrovia)

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About Liberia

The topography features mostly flat to rolling coastal plains rising to rolling plateau and low mountains in northeast. The average density of population is about 29 per km². The climate in Liberia can be described as tropical with hot, humid, dry winters with hot days and cool to cold nights, wet, cloudy summers with frequent heavy showers. Potential natural disasters are dust-laden harmattan winds blow from the Sahara (December to March).

To reach someone in Liberia dial +231 prior to a number. There are 2,000 installed telephones. And there are 842,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900, 1800 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".lr". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 120V - 60Hz. The following list are the 15 regions/states in Liberia we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Liberian population grew at a rate of 2.78% (or by 102,519 citizens). With 40,094 deaths and 140,549 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 2.73%. 2,064 persons more in total immigrated to the country than emmigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Liberia: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.