Liberia
Liberia (officially Republic of Liberia) is a country in Western Africa, with its capital at Monrovia, and is home to roughly 5.6M people.
English is the official language; the currency in circulation is Liberian dollar ($); people from here are called Liberian.
- »Liberia was founded in the 1820s as a settlement for freed African Americans.
- »Its ship registry is one of the largest in the world. A great many vessels fly the Liberian flag of convenience.
Liberia touches three neighbours: Guinea to the north, Ivory Coast to the east and Sierra Leone to the northwest. Directions run from one centre to the other.
Monrovia is named after US President James Monroe, who backed the settlement of freed African Americans here. It is one of very few capitals named after a foreign head of state.
95,945 km² (37,045 sq mi), 107th largest of 198 countries and territories on file, almost exactly the size of South Korea.
Population 5,612,817, 117th of 198 on file. That averages 59 per km² (152 per sq mi).
Closely modelled on the United States flag, with eleven stripes for the signatories of the declaration of independence and a single white star for Africa's first republic.
Close enough to United States's flag to cost you a guess.
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