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LiberiaNewest Review: ... from slaves who returned from the United States. We are known as Americo-Liberians and although we are only about 5% of the population, we were in charge of building the country and running the public services. Of the two million Liberians, at least 25% are forced to live in exile Monrovia (named after US president, James Monroe) is the capital and the important seaport of Liberia with about half a million souls. Buchanan, was the railway town, carrying iron ore to the ships from Mount Nimba mines before the civil war. Other large towns are Harbeland and Yekepa . The people of Liberia lived in harmony for many years, and many ... more |
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by - written on 15/07/01 (Very useful, 83 readings)
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Liberia is a beautiful republic with a fascinating history, based on the repatriation of slaves from America mixing with the old tribesmen. She is in west Africa, sitting next to Sierra Leone and Guinea to the north, Côte d'Ivoire to the east and Atlantic Ocean to the south west. The land is flat by the ocean, but it rises steeply into a chain of plateaux and on to a mountainous inland country region of around 4000 feet above sea level that is evergreen rainforest in the south and deciduous rainforest in the north. There is a very small population inland, as most of the towns and villages are near to the ocean. The flat land is around ten to ... Read the complete review
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