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The CCDR details a strategy for climate action, focusing on four main themes: climate risks and readiness, essential infrastructure, human development, and sustainable land management. It also calls for improved access to finance, leveraging both concessional funding and private sector investment, to support Liberia's pursuit of inclusive ...
Liberia, [a] officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean to its south and southwest. It has a population of around 5.5 million and covers an area of 43,000 square miles (111,369 km 2). The ...
Rank County HDI (2022) Medium human development 1: Montserrado: 0.554 Low human development – Liberia 0.487: 2: River Gee: 0.478 3: Maryland: 0.477 4: Grand Gedeh
The Liberian Constitution restricts citizenship of Liberia only to people who are either 'Negroes or of Negro descent' wherein the Liberian Constitution / Chapter 4 / Article 27b states: "In order to preserve, foster and maintain the positive Liberian culture, values and character, only persons who are Negroes or of Negro descent shall qualify ...
Liberia's populated Pepper Coast is composed of mostly mangrove forests while the sparse inland is forested, later opening to a plateau of drier grasslands. Since 1989, Liberia has been in a state of flux witnessing two civil wars , the First Liberian Civil War (1989–1996), and the Second Liberian Civil War (1999–2003), displacing hundreds ...
Map # County Capital Population (2022 Census) [1] Area (mi 2) [2] Number of Districts Date Created Parent County 1 Bomi: Tubmanburg: 133,668 749 sq mi (1,940 km 2) : 4
Led by the Americo-Liberians, Liberia declared independence on July 26, 1847, which the U.S. did not recognize until February 5, 1862. Liberia was the first African republic to proclaim its independence and is Africa's first and oldest modern republic.
Liberia has some of the largest iron ore reserves in Africa, with iron content of 30% to 67%, in banded iron formations from the Precambrian. The high grade ores, with more than 60% are primarily hematite, while lower grade ores with 30 to 40% iron are generally magnetite. Liberia also has medium-grade deposits of mixed hematite and magnetite.