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The Republic of Liberia is a country on the West African coast located 6°19′N 10°48′W. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to the west, Guinea to the north and Ivory Coast to the east. The country covers an area of 43, 000 square miles and a population of 4.3 million people. The country’s official language is English with over 16 different local languages spoken.

Liberia features a tropical monsoon climate. During the year it has a copious amount of precipitation. The climate features a wet season (May – October) and a dry season (November – April) but precipitation is seen even during the dry season. Temperatures remain constant throughout the year averaging around 26 °C (79 °F). Monrovia is the wettest capital city, receiving more annual precipitation on average, than any other capital in the world. Forests on the coastline are composed mostly of salt-tolerant mangrove trees while the more sparsely populated inland has forests opening onto a plateau of drier grasslands. Liberia possesses about forty percent of the remaining Upper Guinean rainforest. 

Generic country information can be located from sources which are regularly maintained and reflect current facts and figures. For a generic country overview, please consult the following sources:

Generic Information

Wikipedia Information on Liberia

IMF Information on Liberia

Economist Intelligence Unit Information on Liberia*

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Humanitarian Info

WFP Information on Liberia

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs


Facts and Figures

Wolfram Alpha Information on Liberia

World Bank Information on Liberia

World Population Review Information on Liberia

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