Grand Bassa County

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Grand Bassa County is one of Liberia’s historic coastal counties, centered around the port city of Buchanan and known for its role in the country’s political and economic life.

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Label Occurrences
Grand Bassa County canonical 3

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
county
borders Atlantic Ocean
Bong County
Margibi County
Nimba County
River Cess County
continent Africa
country Liberia
elects members of the House of Representatives of Liberia
members of the Senate of Liberia
ethnicGroup Bassa people
governmentType county administration
hasCapital Buchanan
hasClimate tropical rainforest climate
hasCoastline Liberian coast
hasEconomicActivity fishing
small-scale mining
subsistence agriculture
hasLocalGovernmentHead superintendent
hasPortCity Buchanan
hasRiver Farmington River
Saint John River
surface form: St. John River
hasSettlement Buchanan
Compound #3
Owensgrove
St. John River City
historicalSignificance one of Liberia’s original counties
isHistoricRegionOf Liberia
knownFor iron ore export via Buchanan port
port of Buchanan
rubber production
timber industry
languageSpoken Bassa language
English
largestCity Buchanan
locatedIn Liberia
locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
nationalCallingCode +231
partOf Liberia
surface form: Republic of Liberia
playsRoleIn Liberia economic life
Liberia political life
regionType coastal county
timeZone Greenwich Mean Time
timeZoneOffset UTC+0
usesCurrency Liberian dollar

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Second Liberian Civil War location Grand Bassa County
Nimba County bordersLiberianCounty Grand Bassa County
Bong County borderedBy Grand Bassa County