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This is a list of diplomatic missions in Liberia. At present [update] the capital city, Monrovia , hosts 21 embassies and a delegation of the European Union . Trade missions and honorary consulates are excluded from this listing.
This is a record of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia. Liberia, as a nation, had its beginnings in 1821 when groups of free blacks from the United States emigrated from the U.S. and began establishing colonies on the coast under the direction of the American Colonization Society. Between 1821 and 1847, by a combination of purchase and ...
Location of diplomatic missions of Liberia: ... Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref. Cameroon: Yaoundé: Embassy [1] ... United States: Washington, D.C ...
Monrovia (/ m ə n ˈ r oʊ v i ə /) [4] [5] is the administrative capital and largest city of Liberia.Founded in 1822, it is located on Cape Mesurado on the Atlantic coast and as of the 2022 census had 1,761,032 residents, home to 33.5% of Liberia’s total population. [6]
U.S. Department of State Facilities and Areas of Jurisdictions. The United States has the second largest number of active diplomatic posts of any country in the world after the People's Republic of China, [1] including 271 bilateral posts (embassies and consulates) in 173 countries, as well as 11 permanent missions to international organizations and seven other posts (as of November 2023 [2]).
The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) has its headquarters in Sinkor. Embassies, health facilities, and educational institutions, and non-governmental organizations are also in Sinkor. Tubman Boulevard is the main thoroughfare in Sinkor, which connects the neighborhood to the Capitol Hill area and Monrovia's downtown.
The Foreign Policy of the United States in Liberia (New York: Pageant Press Inc., 1957) Chalk, F. "The Anatomy of an Investment: Firestone’s 1927 Loan to Liberia," Canadian Journal of African Studies (1967) 1#1 pp: 12–32. Duignan, P., and L. H. Gann. The United States and Africa: A History (Cambridge University Press, 1984) Feick, Greer.
Liberia is a multilingual country where more than 20 indigenous languages are spoken. English is the official language, and Liberian Kreyol is the vernacular lingua franca, though mostly spoken as a second language. The native Niger–Congo languages can be grouped in four language families: Mande, Kru, Mel, and the divergent language Grebo.