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Margibi County

liberiagallery — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:53:16 +0000

Margibi is a county on the north to central coast of the West African nation of Liberia. One of 15 counties that comprise the first-level of administrative division in the nation, it has four districts. Kakata serves as the capital with the area of the county measuring 2,616 square kilometres (1,010 sq mi). As of the 2008 Census, it had a population of 199,689, making it the sixth most populous county in Liberia.

Margibi’s County Superintendent is Levi Piah .The county is bordered by Montserrado County to the west, Grand Bassa County to the east, and Bong County on the north. The southern part of Margibi lies on the Atlantic Ocean.

Buchanan

liberiagallery — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:05:52 +0000

Buchanan (formerly Grand Bassa) – a town in southern Liberia, the district administrative center of Grand Bassa, on the Atlantic Ocean. Approximately 16.1 thousand. residents. The fourth-largest city of the country. During the civil war in Liberia to Buchanan uciekało many refugees. One of the most important sectors of the economy in Buchanan represents fisheries.

Benghazi

liberiagallery — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:07:35 +0000

Benghazi – the Libyan city on the Gulf of Gulf of Sidra (Mediterranean), the capital of Cyrenajki. About 660.1 thousand. residents. The second-largest city in the country.

During World War II the city was a very important strategic facility. After obtaining his Afrika Korps has gained important airport, port, and node communication.

Currently, there are only outside Tripoli Polish consular facility in Libya.

Liberian Air Force

liberiagallery — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:06:04 +0000

Today, as a result of the civil war, Liberia does not have planes. Until 1990 the equipment of air power were the type of aircraft Cessna 150, 172, 180 and 206;

Geography

liberiagallery — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:03:36 +0000

Liberia is bordered on the north by the Republic of Guinea in the east to Côte d’Ivoire and in the northwest of Sierra Leone. The Atlantic coast in the southwest is 560 km long and consists of over 50% of sandy beaches. In parallel to the coast will cover three different landscape areas. The coast is through the shallow lagoons, numerous bays and mangrove swamps irrigated. Behind the land rises gradually to a dense jungle-covered plateau at (500-800 meters). The interior is mountainous, Mount Nimba (1752 m) and Mount Waulo (1400 m) are the highest elevations. About 50% of the population live in rural regions.

Etymology

liberiagallery — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:46:38 +0000

The name Liberia denotes “liberty” as Black Americans moved to Liberia in 1822, who founded the country in 1847 with the support of the American Colonization Society creating a new ethnic group called the Americo-Liberians. However, this introduction of a new ethnic mix compounded ethnic tensions with the sixteen other main ethnicities.

Weather

liberiagallery — Mon, 12 May 2008 15:44:16 +0000

Perched on the chin of West Africa’s coast just above the equator, Liberia has a tropical climate with a pronounced rainy season from May to November. There is little seasonal variation with temperatures usually averaging around 30°C (86°F) between November and May, and only a few degrees lower in the middle of the year. However, humidity levels of more than 85% in the dry season (November to April) and more than 90% in the rainy season (May to October) often make it feel much warmer.

Monrovia

liberiagallery — Fri, 02 May 2008 13:43:57 +0000

Monrovia, population 572,971 (2003 census), is the capital city of Liberia. It is also Liberia’s largest city. The city’s economy is dominated by its harbor, which was significantly expanded by U.S. forces during the second World War. Main exports include latex and iron ore. Materials are also manufactured on-site, such as cement, refined petroleum, food products, bricks and tiles, furniture and chemicals. The harbor also has a large amount of storage and facilities for repairing ships.

Liberia

liberiagallery — Fri, 02 May 2008 13:42:29 +0000

Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the west coast of Africa, bordered by Sierra Leone, Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire, and the Atlantic Ocean. Liberia has a hot equatorial climate with most rainfall arriving in summer with harsh harmattan winds in the dry season. Liberia’s populated Pepper Coast is composed of mostly mangrove forests while the sparse inland is forested, later opening to a plateau of drier grasslands. Since 1989, Liberia has been in a state of flux witnessing two civil wars, the First Liberian Civil War (1989–1996), and the Second Liberian Civil War (1999–2003), displacing hundreds of thousands of people and devastating the country’s economy.