Cestos City
in River Cess County, Liberia
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Buchanan Airport (29 mi) - Lamco Airport (43 mi)
- Greenville Sinoe Airport (46 mi)
- Roberts International Airport (76 mi)
- Sasstown Airport (96 mi)
- Spriggs Payne Airport (99 mi)
- Tchien Airport (107 mi)
- Cape Palmas Airport (150 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 5.457 and -9.582 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 5° 27' 24" and W -9° 34' 54"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Dollar - LRD
- Spoken languages:
- English
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 07:34 PM (Friday)
- Timezone: Africa/Monrovia
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:27 am and 6:44 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -1.178 and 174.728 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Eita Village - References
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- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,5 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to Liberia.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Liberia. Last Update: 2024-04-26 08:02:42
Delve into Cestos City
Cestos City in River Cess County with it's 2,578 habitants is a town located in Liberia about 102 mi (or 164 km) south-east of Monrovia, the country's capital town.
Time in Cestos City is now 07:34 PM (Friday). The local timezone is named Africa / Monrovia with an UTC offset of zero hours. We know of 8 airports closer to Cestos City. The closest airport in Liberia is Buchanan Airport in a distance of 29 mi (or 46 km), South-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
Since you are here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Buchanan, Greenville, Kakata, Bensonville and Monrovia. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 30°C / 86 °F
| Morning Temperature | 27°C / 80 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 29°C / 85 °F |
| Night Temperature | 28°C / 82 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 1% |
| Air Humidity | 70% |
| Air Pressure | 1009 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 8 km/h (5 mph) from North-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Few clouds, covering 22% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Saturday, 27th of April 2024
31°C (87 °F)
28°C (82 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, broken clouds.
Sunday, 28th of April 2024
31°C (87 °F)
28°C (82 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 29th of April 2024
31°C (87 °F)
28°C (83 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, broken clouds.
Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
River Cess
River Cess is the capital city of Rivercess County, Liberia. As of the 2008 national census, the population stood at 2,578. It received its original name Cestos from Portuguese traders in the early 16th century from the baskets that were produced and sold in the town. Cestos in Portuguese and Spanish means basket.
Cestos River
The Cestos River is a Liberian river that rises in the Nimba Range of Guinea and flows south along the Côte d'Ivoire border, then southwest through tracks of Liberian rain forest to empty into a bay on the Atlantic Ocean where the city River Cess is located. The Pygmy Hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis) is known to inhabit lands along stretches of the river. It forms the northern third of the international boundary between Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Cestos City.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
River Cess Settlement, Niboinkui, Cesstos City, Rivercess, River Cess, Cestos City, RVC
