The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Liberia:
Liberia – country in West Africa, bordered by Sierra Leone, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, and the Atlantic Ocean.[1] Liberia has a hot equatorial climate with most rainfall arriving in summer with harsh harmattan winds in the dry season. 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 of thousands of people and devastating the country's economy.
General reference edit
- Pronunciation: /laɪˈbɪəriə/
- Common English country name: Liberia
- Official English country name: The Republic of Liberia
- Common endonym(s):
- Official endonym(s):
- Adjectival(s): Liberian
- Demonym(s):
- Etymology: Name of Liberia
- ISO country codes: LR, LBR, 430
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:LR
- Internet country code top-level domain: .lr
Geography of Liberia edit
- Liberia is: a country
- Population of Liberia: 3,750,000 - 129th most populous country
- Area of Liberia: 111,369 km2
- Atlas of Liberia
Location edit
- Liberia is situated within the following regions:
- Time zone: Coordinated Universal Time UTC+00
- Extreme points of Liberia
- High: Mount Wuteve 1,440 m (4,724 ft)
- Low: North Atlantic Ocean 0 m
- Land boundaries: 1,585 km
Cote d'Ivoire 716 km
Guinea 563 km
Sierra Leone 306 km
- Coastline: North Atlantic Ocean 579 km
Environment of Liberia edit
- Climate of Liberia
- Wildlife of Liberia
- Fauna of Liberia
Natural geographic features of Liberia edit
- Glaciers in Liberia: none [2]
- Rivers of Liberia
- World Heritage Sites in Liberia: None[citation needed]
Regions of Liberia edit
Ecoregions of Liberia edit
Administrative divisions of Liberia edit
Administrative divisions of Liberia
Counties of Liberia edit
Districts of Liberia edit
Clans of Liberia edit
Municipalities of Liberia edit
- Capital of Liberia: Monrovia
- Cities of Liberia
Demography of Liberia edit
Government and politics of Liberia edit
- Form of government: presidential representative democratic republic modeled on the government of the United States
- Capital of Liberia: Monrovia
- Elections in Liberia
- Political parties in Liberia
Branches of the government of Liberia edit
Executive branch of the government of Liberia edit
- Head of state and head of government: President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
- Cabinet of Liberia
- Government ministries of Liberia
Legislative branch of the government of Liberia edit
Judicial branch of the government of Liberia edit
Court system of Liberia
Foreign relations of Liberia edit
International organization membership edit
The Republic of Liberia is a member of:[1]
Law and order in Liberia edit
Law of Liberia
Military of Liberia edit
- Command
- Forces
- Military history of Liberia
Local government in Liberia edit
History of Liberia edit
Culture of Liberia edit
- Cuisine of Liberia
- Languages of Liberia
- National symbols of Liberia
- Prostitution in Liberia
- Public holidays in Liberia
- Religion in Liberia
- World Heritage Sites in Liberia: None
Art in Liberia edit
Sports in Liberia edit
Sports in Liberia
Economy and infrastructure of Liberia edit
Education in Liberia edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Liberia". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 3, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
- ^ The only glaciers in Africa are on Mt Kenya (in Kenya), on Kilimanjaro (in Tanzania), and in the Ruwenzori Mountains (which are located in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo). See Proceedings of the Riederalp Workshop, September 1978; Actes de l'Atelier de Riederalp, septembre 1978): IAHS-AISH Publ. no. 126, 1980.
External links edit
- allAfrica.com - Liberia news headlines
Liberia travel guide from Wikivoyage- Liberian Observer newspaper
- Cuttington Chronicle - Student Newspaper of Cuttington University in Suakoko, Liberia
- Cuttington University - Liberia's oldest university
- Johnson-Sirleaf presidential speeches from C-SPAN
- "Liberia". CIA — The World Factbook. Retrieved 2008-05-16.
- Bureau of African Affairs (April 2008). "Liberia". US State Department. Retrieved 2008-05-16.
- Liberian Law - Cornell Law Library — contains digitized documents dealing with the creation of the nation of Liberia and the laws enacted at its foundation, as well as extensive links for further research
