Facts about Liberia That Makes it Intriguing🇱🇷🇱🇷

Facts about Liberia That Makes it Intriguing🇱🇷🇱🇷

1. Liberia 🇱🇷  is Africa's oldest republic founded in 1821 and the second oldest Black republic in the world after Haiti 🇭🇹

2. Liberia 🇱🇷 was created for freed enslaved folks and was one of the only two African countries not subjected to colonialism. Although there are indigenous people living on the land before it was acquired.

3. Liberia 🇱🇷 is located on the west coast of Africa and is bordered by Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Cote d'Ivoire. It has a coastline on the Atlantic Ocean and covers an area of 111,369 square kilometers

4. Liberia 🇱🇷 is home to over 20 distinct ethnic groups, each with their own traditions and customs. The largest of these groups is the Kpelle people, who make up approximately 20% of Liberia's population. Other major ethnic groups include the Bassa, Gio, and Mano.

5. English is the official language of Liberia, but many Liberians also speak one or more of the country's indigenous languages. These languages include Kpelle, Bassa, Gio, and Mano, among others.

6. Liberia's economy is heavily dependent on its natural resources, including rubber, timber, and minerals such as iron ore and diamonds.

7. Liberia 🇱🇷 has produced the only African to win the FIFA best player of the year.

8. Liberia's Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was the first woman to be elected an head of state in an African country, she won the Nobel Peace Prize 2011

9. Liberia 🇱🇷 is a Latin word which means 'Land of the Free'.

10. Liberia's capital Monrovia, was named after James Monroe, the fifth president of the USA and supporter of the colonisation of Liberia by freed slaves.

11. Liberia’s flag is modelled on the USA’s. A single star symbolises Liberia’s status as the only independent Western-style state in Africa. The 11 stripes represent the number of men who signed the Liberian Declaration of Independence.

12. Liberia 🇱🇷 has one of the youngest populations in the world with the median age of its citizens just 18 years.

13. According to Liberia's constitution, you have to be Black to be a citizen.

14. Liberia 🇱🇷 has her airline bànned from all Eur0pean countries.

15. In 1960 Liberia became the first Black African country to be elected to the Security Council of the United Nations.

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