Liberia

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country in West Africa sovereign state

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.

Aliases (4)

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	country in West Africa → sovereign state →
borderCountry	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	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 → 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 →

Referenced by (83)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
All Hail, Liberia, Hail! → First Liberian Civil War → Guinean forests of West Africa → House of Representatives of Liberia → Legislature of Liberia → Liberia national football team → Liberian dollar → Mandinka people → Monrovia → President of Liberia → Second Liberian Civil War → Senate of Liberia → The Love of Liberty Brought Us Here → United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response →	country
CEN-SAD → ECCAS → ECOWAS → Mano River Union →	memberState
ECA Subregional Office for West Africa → UNMEER → United Nations Mission in Liberia →	countryServed
Fula language → Mande languages → Niger–Congo languages →	spokenIn
Atlantic–Congo languages → West African languages →	areSpokenIn
Côte d'Ivoire → Guinea →	borderedBy
Legislature of Liberia ("Republic of Liberia") → President of Liberia ("Republic of Liberia") →	hasJurisdiction
Senate of Liberia → United Nations Mission in Liberia →	locatedInCountry
Liberia national football team → President of Liberia ("Republic of Liberia") →	represents
Ebola virus disease →	affectedCountries
United States customary units →	alsoUsedIn
Bureau of African Affairs →	appliesPolicyTo
The Love of Liberty Brought Us Here →	appliesToJurisdiction
Legislature of Liberia →	appliesToTerritorialJurisdiction
Sierra Leone →	borderCountry
Guéckédou Prefecture →	bordersCountry
Monrovia →	capitalOf
Sub-Saharan Africa →	contains
West Africa →	containsCountry
2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak →	countryAffected
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf →	countryOfBirth
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf →	countryOfCitizenship
ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development →	countryOfMembers
All Hail, Liberia, Hail! →	countryOfOrigin
The Love of Liberty Brought Us Here →	countryOfUse
FAO Major Fishing Area 34 →	coversWatersOf
Liberia ("Liberian") →	demonym
All Hail, Liberia, Hail! →	describes
Senate of Liberia ("First Republic of Liberia") →	establishedInPeriod
Mano River Union →	foundedBy
Mano River Union →	foundingMember
Eco →	geographicalScope
rVSV-ZEBOV →	geographicUse
House of Representatives of Liberia ("presidential republic of Liberia") →	governmentSystemContext
2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak →	hardestHitCountryByDeaths
Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) →	hasMember
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf →	headOfGovernmentOf
Liberia national football team →	homeCountry
Allies of World War II →	included
Allied forces →	includedCountry
Monrovia →	isLargestCityOf
General of the Army →	isUsedByCountry
Liberian dollar →	legalTenderIn
Legislature of Liberia →	locatedInTheCountry
American Colonization Society →	mainTerritoryOfActivity
House of Representatives of Liberia →	meetingCountry
The Love of Liberty Brought Us Here ("Republic of Liberia") →	mottoOf
Zaire ebolavirus →	notableEpidemicRegion
GMT →	observedAsStandardTimeIn
Thanksgiving Day →	observedIn
Liberian dollar →	officialCurrencyOf
Partners In Health →	operatesIn
United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response →	operatingArea
Haredi Jews →	populationCenter
Nina Simone →	residence
Liberia national football team →	shortName
Treaty of Lagos →	signatory
Liberian dollar →	usedIn