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Offical name
Republic of Liberia
Capital
Monrovia
Government type
republic
Language
English,some 20 ethnic group languages
Area
111,370 sq km
Population
3,042,004 ( 2006 est.)
Currency
Liberian dollar (LRD)
Religion
Christian, Muslim, indigenous beliefs
Time zone
GMT/UTC +0 ()
Country dialing code
231
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Lying on the Atlantic in the southern part of West Africa, Liberia has become the first republic in the African Continent. Liberia means a Land of the Free. It suffered from the 14 year-long civil war that had stared in 1989. However, with the station of UN peacekeepers, the country successfully held a general election. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the outstanding African female president elected in 2006, is doing her every effort in reconstructing the destroyed social infrastructure and reviving the economy. Liberia consists of diverse tribes such as Mel, Kwa, Mande-Fu and Mande-Tan along with other 12 ethnic tribes. Each tribe language is being used more generally than English, the nation’s official language. Masks and especially quilt are Liberia’s most representative handicraft work and most frequently given as gifts.
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