Liberie

Coordinates: 6°30′N 9°30′W / 6.500°N 9.500°W / 6.500; -9.500

Republic o Liberie

Motto: "The Love Of Liberty Brought Us Here"
Location o  Liberie  (dark blue) – in Africa  (light blue & dark grey) – in the African Union  (light blue)
Location o  Liberie  (dark blue)

– in Africa  (light blue & dark grey)
– in the African Union  (light blue)

Location o Liberie
Caipital
and largest city
Monrovia
6°19′N 10°48′W / 6.317°N 10.800°W / 6.317; -10.800
Offeecial leidsInglis
Spoken an naitional leids[1]
Ethnic groups
(2008[2])
Releegion
Christianity (85.6%), Islam (12.2%), Ithers (2.2%)[2]
Demonym(s)Liberie
GovrenmentUnitar presidential republic
• Preses
Joseph Boakai
Jeremiah Koung
Johnathan K. Koffa
Sie-A-Nyene Yuoh
LegislaturLegislatur o Liberie
Senate
Hoose o Representatives
Formation an Unthirldom
• Settlement bi the American Colonisation Society
Januar 7, 1822
Julie 26, 1847
• Annexation o Republic o Maryland
Mairch 18, 1857
• Recogneetion bi the Unitit States
Februar 5, 1862
Januar 6, 1986
Aurie
• Total
111,369 km2 (43,000 sq mi) (102nt)
• Water (%)
13.514
Population
• 2015 estimate
4,503,000[3] (125t)
• 2008 census
3,476,608 (130t)
• Density
40.43/km2 (104.7/sq mi) (180t)
GDP (PPP)2018 estimate
• Total
$4.123 billion[4]
• Per capita
$897[4]
GDP (nominal)2018 estimate
• Tot
$2.335 billion[4]
• Per capita
$475[4]
Gini (2007)38.2[5]
medium
HDI (2015)Steady 0.427[6]
law · 177t
CurrencyLiberie dollara (LRD)
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)
Drivin sidericht
Cawin code+231
ISO 3166 codeLR
Internet TLD.lr
Warning: Page uisin Template:Infobox kintra wi unkent parameter "country_code" (this message is shown only in preview).
Warning: Page uisin Template:Infobox kintra wi unkent parameter "area_magnitude" (this message is shown only in preview).

Liberie (Listeni/lˈbɪəriə/), offeecially the Republic o Liberie, is a kintra on the wast coast o Africae, bordered bi Sierra Leone, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, an the Atlantic Ocean. As o the 2008 Census, the naition is hame tae 3,476,608 fowk an covers 111,369 square kilometres (43,000 sq mi).

Liberie's caipital is Monrovia. Liberie haes a het equatorial climate wi maist rainfall arrivin in the rainy saison wi hersh harmattan winds in the dry saison. Liberie's populated Pepper Coast is componed o maistly mangrove forests while the spairsely populatit inland is forestit, later openin tae a plateau o drier grasslands.

  1. Lewis, M. Paul; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2015). "Liberia". Ethnologue (18th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International.
  2. a b "Liberia". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Archived frae the original on 31 August 2020. Retrieved 9 Februar 2018.
  3. "Liberia". The World Bank country page for Liberia. The World Bank. 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  4. a b c d "Liberia". International Monetary Fund.
  5. "GINI index". World Bank. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  6. "2016 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2016. Retrieved 21 Mairch 2017.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · View on Wikipedia

Developed by Nelliwinne