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Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the west coast of Africa, borered 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.

Trivia about liberia

  • Ruth Perry, modern Africa's first female head of state, headed a transitional government in this country in 1996
  • Its Declaration of Independence was signed in 1847 by 11 men in that nation's Providence Baptist Church
  • Towns in this country include Marshall & Tubmanburg
  • In 1839 Thomas Buchanan, cousin of a U.S. president, became the first governor of this future country
  • In January 2006 this country swore in Africa's first elected female president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
  • Monrovia
  • In 1829 journalist John Russwurm gave up on abolitionism & left the U.S. for this independent African nation
  • Kakata,Buchanan,Monrovia
  • This African country claims the world's largest number of registered ships
  • A banner reading "The Love of Liberty Brought Us Here" tops this West African nation's coat of arms
  • Founded as a haven for freed American slaves, it became an independent country in 1847
  • The stripes are for the 11 signers of its declaration of independence; the star means it's a Western-style African state
  • In 1847 Virginia-born Joseph Jenkins Roberts became the first president of this black African nation
  • Monrovia is home to the university of this African country
  • In April 1980 Samuel K. Doe led a coup in this African country, deposing William R. Tolbert, Jr.
  • Seen here is the flag of this African republic that declared its independence in 1847
  • This African country's coat-of-arms reads "The Love of Liberty Brought Us Here"
  • When established, the League had only 2 nations from Africa: South Africa & this one founded in 1847
  • In 1847 it became Africa's first modern independent republic
  • (I'm author and journalist Helene Cooper.) In 1847 a government based on that of the U.S. was established by free black men & former slaves in the West African nation they called this
  • On July 26, 1847 Virginian Joseph Roberts became its first president
  • The 11 stripes on this African country's flag symbolize the 11 signers of its declaration of independence
  • On July 26, 1847 this black African democracy declared itself a republic
  • President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf(2006)(also first elected female leader in Africa)
  • The 11 stripes on this African country's flag commemorate the 11 signers of its Declaration of Independence
  • With words by future president Daniel B. Warner, this West African country's anthem was adopted in 1847
  • The one nation in sub-Saharan Africa that never was under European colonial control
  • Descended from a freed U.S. slave, William Tolbert was president of this country when killed in a 1980 coup
  • An 1862 proclamation freeing D.C.'s slaves offered to help them move to Haiti or this African country
  • Its cities include Bong Town & Tubmanburg
  • This west African nation's flag bears a star on a blue background, & red & white stripes
  • In Africa:Buchanan
  • Charles Taylor
  • Myanmar & this African country are the only 2 besides the U.S. still not officially using the Metric System
  • The 11 stripes on this African republic's flag represent the signers of its 1847 Declaration of Independence
  • Lake Shepard in this West African nation's Maryland County is unusual in that is is part freshwater, part salt water
  • At the beginning of World War I, this was the only independent nation in West Africa

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