Gbarpolu County

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Gbarpolu County is an administrative region in northwestern Liberia known for its dense forests, mining activities, and predominantly rural communities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
county
administrativeDivisionOf Liberia NERFINISHED
borderedBy Bomi County NERFINISHED
Grand Cape Mount County NERFINISHED
Lofa County NERFINISHED
Sierra Leone NERFINISHED
capital Bopolu NERFINISHED
country Liberia
countySeat Bopolu NERFINISHED
createdOn 2001
governmentType county administration
hasBorderType international border with Sierra Leone
hasClimate tropical rainforest climate
hasDevelopmentChallenge high poverty levels
limited access to basic services
hasEconomicActivity diamond mining
gold mining
small-scale agriculture
timber extraction
hasEthnicGroups Gola people NERFINISHED
Lorma people NERFINISHED
Mandingo people NERFINISHED
Vai people NERFINISHED
hasLandCover forest
hasLandUse artisanal mining
subsistence farming
hasLanguage English
hasNaturalFeature dense tropical forests
hasNaturalResource diamonds
gold
timber
hasPopulationCharacteristic predominantly rural population
hasSettlementType rural
hasTransportIssue limited road infrastructure
isOneOf 15 counties of Liberia
knownFor dense forests
mining activities
predominantly rural communities
locatedIn northwestern Liberia NERFINISHED
officialLanguage English
partOf Republic of Liberia NERFINISHED
partOfRegion northwestern region of Liberia
subdivisionType county
timeZone GMT
Greenwich Mean Time
usesCurrency Liberian dollar NERFINISHED

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Lofa County borderCounty Gbarpolu County
Bomi County borderWith Gbarpolu County