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.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Liberia canonical 467
Republic of Liberia 29
Liberian 2

How this entity was disambiguated

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

Krahn people countryOfOrigin Liberia
Krahn people ethnicGroupOf Liberia
Equator Bank country Liberia
Equator Bank countryOfCitizenship Liberia
subject surface form: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Cabinet of Liberia country Liberia
Cabinet of Liberia jurisdiction Liberia
this entity surface form: Republic of Liberia
Flag of Liberia country Liberia
Flag of Liberia represents Liberia
this entity surface form: Republic of Liberia
presidential oath of office of Liberia jurisdiction Liberia
this entity surface form: Republic of Liberia
LBR countryRepresented Liberia
Lone Stars country Liberia
Lone Stars represents Liberia
Paynesville country Liberia
Paynesville governingCountry Liberia
this entity surface form: Republic of Liberia
George Weah countryOfBirth Liberia
George Weah citizenship Liberia
George Weah countryGoverned Liberia
James Debbah nationality Liberia
this entity surface form: Liberian
Christopher Wreh birthPlace Liberia
Zizi Roberts isFrom Liberia
Thomas Kojo countryOfSport Liberia
Liberian Independence Day associatedWith Liberia
this entity surface form: Republic of Liberia
French Guinea borderedBy Liberia