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Yekepa is a town in the Yahmein or Yarmein District of northern Nimba County in Liberia, lying near the Guinean border. It was the base for Lamco's iron ore mining operation until it was destroyed in the First Liberian Civil War which lasted from 1989 to 1997. Nearby Guesthouse Hill is one of the highest points in the nation.
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 .
A map of Liberia, showing Liberian counties and cities. Monrovia, the capital of Liberia.. This is a list of cities in Liberia: . Arthington; Barclayville; Belefuanai; Bensonville ...
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In 1985 former General Thomas G. Quiwonkpa, alias "The Son of the County", stormed Yekepa (as a revenge for an unsuccessful coup d'état) in Sanniquellie. On 24 December 1989, the First Liberian Civil War started in Buutuo, Nimba County and the spark of wrath jumped to Sanniquellie and its surroundings. Years of tension between different tribes ...
Gbarpolu is the newest county, created in 2001. Nimba is the largest of the counties in size at 11,551 km 2 (4,460 sq mi), while Montserrado is the smallest at 737.069 sq mi (1,909.00 km 2). [95] Montserrado is also the most populous county with 1,144,806 residents as of the 2008 census. [95]
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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 ).