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Nimba County is a county in northeastern Liberia that shares borders with the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire in the East and the Republic of Guinea in the Northwest. Its capital city is Sanniquellie and its most populous city is Ganta. With the county's area measuring 11,551 square miles (29,920 km 2), Nimba is the largest of Liberia's 15 counties. [2]
Ganta, also known as Gompa City, is a town approximately 323 kilometres (201 mi) from Monrovia in Nimba County of northern Liberia. It is located just south of the Guinea border. It is the second-most populous city in Liberia, with an estimated population of 41,106 as of 2008. [ 1 ]
Sanniquellie is a city and the capital of Nimba County and Sanniquellie-Mahn District, Liberia. It is located in the north-east of the country at coordinates 07°21'49" N 008°42'40" W. The average altitude of the city is 420 metres above the sea level. As of the 2008 national census, the population stood at 11,415. [1]
Montserrado County 10 Maryland: Harper: 172,202 886 sq mi (2,290 km 2) 2 1857 Maryland County [b] 11 Montserrado: Bensonville: 1,920,914 737 sq mi (1,910 km 2) 17 1839 Montserrado County [b] 12 Nimba: Sanniquellie: 621,841 4,459 sq mi (11,550 km 2) 6 1964 Nimba County [a] 13 Rivercess: Cesstos: 90,777 2,159 sq mi (5,590 km 2) 7 1985 Grand Bassa ...
A map of Liberia, showing Liberian counties and major cities. Liberia is divided into fifteen first-level administrative divisions called counties, which, in turn, are subdivided into a total of 136 second-level administrative divisions called districts and further subdivided into third-level administrative divisions called clans.
Mount Nimba, near Yekepa, is higher at 1,752 metres (5,748 ft) above sea level, but is not wholly within Liberia as Nimba is located at the point where Liberia borders both Guinea and Ivory Coast. Nimba is thus the tallest mountain in those countries, as well. [79]
The Mano ethnic group occupy the northeastern part of Liberia known as Nimba County and some parts of modern-day Guinea, in the forest section of that republic. [2] According to John Gbatu, (1919-2010), a prominent Mano tribal leader, the name Nimba originates with the Mano dialect which in Mano is Niemba/Nyamba Tun (Mount Nimba). The meaning ...
Located in the heart of Nimba County, Liberia, Saclepea (sometimes spelled “saglelpie” on world maps) was a town of more than 12,000 citizens in 2008. [1] Saclepeans are predominantly from the native Mah tribe, and they speak the Mano dialect.