Gbarnga

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Gbarnga
Gbarnga (Liberia)
Gbarnga
Gbarnga
Location in Liberia
Coordinates: 6°60′8″N 9°28′″W / <span class="geo-dec geo" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for 7.00222 Expression error: Unexpected / operator">7.00222, Expression error: Unexpected / operator
Country Liberia
County Bong County
District

Gbarnga is a town in Bong County, Liberia, lying north east of Monrovia. During the Liberian Civil War, it was the base for Charles Taylor's National Patriotic Front of Liberia. Cuttington College lies near the town and its campus was once home to the Africana Museum, now destroyed.

Gbarnga is the hometown of Tamba Hali of the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League.

The town is twinned with Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States.

Coordinates: 6°60′N, 9°28′W