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.


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

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