Liberia

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Liberia is a West African nation founded by formerly enslaved people from the United States, known for being Africa’s first modern republic and maintaining close historical ties with the U.S.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Liberia canonical 467
Republic of Liberia 29
Liberian 2

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf country in West Africa
sovereign state
borderCountry Côte d'Ivoire
surface form: Côte d’Ivoire

Guinea
Sierra Leone
callingCode +231
capital Monrovia
civilWarPeriod 1989–1997
1999–2003
climate tropical
coatOfArmsMotto The Love of Liberty Brought Us Here
continent Africa
currency Liberian dollar
dateEstablishedAsRepublic 1847-07-26
demonym Liberia self-linksurface differs
surface form: Liberian
drivesOn right
firstFemalePresident Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
flagDescription horizontal stripes of red and white with a blue square bearing a single white star
foundedBy formerly enslaved African Americans
free people of color from the United States
foundingOrganization American Colonization Society
governmentType unitary presidential constitutional republic
hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
headOfStateTitle President of Liberia
historicalEvent First Liberian Civil War
Second Liberian Civil War
independenceDate 1847-07-26
independenceFrom American Colonization Society
United States influence
internetTLD .lr
knownFor being Africa’s first modern republic
historical ties with the United States
largestCity Monrovia
legalSystem mixed common law and customary law system
legislature Legislature of Liberia
locatedIn West Africa
lowerHouse House of Representatives of Liberia
majorExport gold
iron ore
rubber
timber
majorReligion Christianity
Islam
memberOf African Union
ECOWAS
surface form: Economic Community of West African States

International Monetary Fund
Mano River Union
United Nations
World Bank
motto The Love of Liberty Brought Us Here
nationalAnthem All Hail, Liberia, Hail!
nationalFootballTeam Liberia national football team
notableFact first African country to elect a female head of state
officialLanguage English
officialReligion none
peacekeepingMission United Nations Mission in Liberia
shipRegistry flag of convenience registry
timeZone UTC+0
upperHouse Senate of Liberia

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GMT observedAsStandardTimeIn Liberia
Liberia demonym Liberia self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Liberian
West Africa containsCountry Liberia
ECOWAS memberState Liberia
Sub-Saharan Africa contains Liberia
Haredi Jews populationCenter Liberia
Sierra Leone borderCountry Liberia
ECCAS memberState Liberia
CEN-SAD memberState Liberia
Senate of Liberia country Liberia
Senate of Liberia establishedInPeriod Liberia
this entity surface form: First Republic of Liberia
House of Representatives of Liberia governmentSystemContext Liberia
this entity surface form: presidential republic of Liberia
Monrovia country Liberia
Monrovia capitalOf Liberia
Monrovia isLargestCityOf Liberia
Legislature of Liberia hasJurisdiction Liberia
this entity surface form: Republic of Liberia
Liberian dollar country Liberia
Liberian dollar usedIn Liberia
The Love of Liberty Brought Us Here mottoOf Liberia
this entity surface form: Republic of Liberia
President of Liberia country Liberia
President of Liberia represents Liberia
this entity surface form: Republic of Liberia
President of Liberia hasJurisdiction Liberia
this entity surface form: Republic of Liberia