Liberia 1999

In 1999, the population of Liberia was estimated at approximately 3.3 million people. The economy of the country is based largely on agriculture, mining and forestry. Its main industries are rubber, timber, diamonds and gold. Liberia has a long history of strong foreign relations with other countries in Africa and beyond. In terms of politics, Liberia has had a presidential republic since 1847 with Charles Taylor as President since 1997. The Legislature is responsible for legislative authority in Liberia and is elected by universal suffrage every six years. See ethnicityology for Liberia in the year of 2018.

Liberia is a state in West Africa, facing the South of the Atlantic Ocean and limited to the North by Guinea, to the NW by Sierra Leone, and to the East by the Ivory Coast: these are conventional borders, established on the basis of negotiations with neighboring countries.

Physical characteristics

The Liberian territory essentially consists of a coastal strip, corresponding to the Costa del Pepe, low and uniform, interrupted in some points by short promontories (Capo Mount, Capo Mesurado and Capo Palmas) and, on the whole, important, especially at the mouths of rivers. This belt is followed by a plateau region where archaic soils prevail (granites, gneisses, crystalline schists), which gradually rise inwards, up to over 1700 m in the Nimba Mountains, on the border between Liberia, Guinea and the Ivory Coast. The climate is subequatorial. Temperatures are high throughout the year, with annual averages of 25-28 ° C; in the interior, the diurnal and annual temperature range is accentuated, while atmospheric humidity is lowered, which on the coast is very high. The rivers have almost straight and parallel courses, generally with a NE-SW direction; forming rapids and waterfalls, they are not very navigable. The rainforest, often interrupted and replaced by plantations, predominates in the southern area of ​​the country, while on the plateau there are expanses of savannahs and, along the waterways, gallery forests.

Yearbook 1999

Liberia 1999

Liberia. Concerns erupted at times on the border with Guinea, where a previously unknown rebel movement took hostages of foreign diplomats and aid staff on a few occasions. Visit Countryaah official website to get information about the capital city of Liberia. Liberia accused Guinea of ​​not preventing the rebels from moving across the border. Guinea, for its part, accused the Liberian army of having entered the country’s territory in search of the rebels. Battle in the border area in August left at least 25,000 people homeless. Both rebels and army soldiers were reported to be plundering.

  • Also see Abbreviationfinder.org to see the acronym of LBR which stands for Liberia and other definitions of this 3-letter abbreviation.

Map of Liberia Monrovia in English

In April, 13 men were each sentenced to ten years in prison for participating in a coup attempt in 1998. The men were co-workers of former Militia leader Roosevelt Johnson, one of President Charles Taylor’s rivals during the 1989-97 civil war. In October, the UN announced that 20,000 weapons and three million bullets seized after the civil war had been destroyed. The last 200 soldiers of the West African peacekeeping force ECOMOG could then leave the country. The ECOMOG force was sent to Liberia in 1990.

Liberia – Monrovia

Monrovia

Monrovia, capital of Liberia; 1. 1 million residents (2010). Monrovia, which is the country’s largest port city, was originally founded at the mouth of the Mesurado River to then expand and include the Bush Island, on which the main port facilities are located. The city is Liberia’s transport and trade center. In Monrovia, which is also the center of higher education in the country, there are among other things. University of Liberia (founded 1862). Located on the outskirts of the city is James Spriggs Payne Airfield, and 43 miles southeast of the city is Robertsfield International Airport. The civil war of 1989-92 and the renewed fighting in 1996 led to great havoc in the city, and it is unclear how much of the urban infrastructure works.

Monrovia was founded in 1822 as a settlement for freed black slaves from the United States and was named after President James Monroe.

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