Explore Liberia in Africa - Liberia Tourism Info
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.
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ELWA Beach
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El Wa Beach
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ELWA small guest house
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ELWA Academy
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ELWA Hospital,...
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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 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 country consists of 15 regions/states which are listed below.
Regions/States of Liberia
Demographic Information
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.
Birthrate
The number of people born in Liberia has declined over the last 10 years by 6.2 births per thousand from 44.3 in 2001 to 38.1 in 2010. Currently, 140,549 children are born each year.
Natural Deathrate
The number of people naturally dying in Liberia has declined over the last 10 years by 4.5 deaths per thousand from 15.4 in 2001 to 10.9 in 2010. Currently, 40,094 people die each year.
Natural Population Growth
Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Liberia is growing at an rate of 2.78% (or by 102,519 citizens). Each year 2,064 people enter this country (or 0.60 per thousand citizens) - making it an immigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 2.73%. Or an total increase of 100,455 citizens.
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.
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