Outline of Liberia
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Liberia:
Liberia – country in West Africa, bordered by Sierra Leone, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, and the Atlantic Ocean.[1] Liberia has a hot equatorial climate with most rainfall arriving in summer with harsh harmattan winds in the dry season. Liberia's populated Pepper Coast is composed of mostly mangrove forests while the sparse inland is forested, later opening to a plateau of drier grasslands. Since 1989, Liberia has been in a state of flux witnessing two civil wars, the First Liberian Civil War (1989–1996), and the Second Liberian Civil War (1999–2003), displacing hundreds of thousands of people and devastating the country's economy.
General reference
- Pronunciation:
- Common English country name: Liberia
- Official English country name: The Republic of Liberia
- Common endonym(s):
- Official endonym(s):
- Adjectival(s): Liberian
- Demonym(s):
- Etymology: Name of Liberia
- ISO country codes: LR, LBR, 430
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:LR
- Internet country code top-level domain: .lr
Geography of Liberia
- Liberia is: a country
- Population of Liberia: 3,750,000 - 129th most populous country
- Area of Liberia: 111,369 km2
- Atlas of Liberia
Location
- Liberia is situated within the following regions:
- Time zone: Coordinated Universal Time UTC+00
- Extreme points of Liberia
- High: Mount Wuteve 1,440 m (4,724 ft)
- Low: North Atlantic Ocean 0 m
- Land boundaries: 1,585 km
- Cote d'Ivoire 716 km
- Guinea 563 km
- Sierra Leone 306 km
- Coastline: North Atlantic Ocean 579 km
Environment of Liberia
- Climate of Liberia
- Renewable energy in Liberia
- Geology of Liberia
- Protected areas of Liberia
- Biosphere reserves in Liberia
- National parks of Liberia
- Wildlife of Liberia
- Fauna of Liberia
Natural geographic features of Liberia
- Glaciers in Liberia: none [2]
- Islands of Liberia
- Lakes of Liberia
- Mountains of Liberia
- Volcanoes in Liberia
- Rivers of Liberia
- Waterfalls of Liberia
- Valleys of Liberia
- World Heritage Sites in Liberia: None[citation needed]
Regions of Liberia
Ecoregions of Liberia
Administrative divisions of Liberia
Counties of Liberia
Districts of Liberia
Clans of Liberia
Municipalities of Liberia
- Capital of Liberia: Monrovia
- Cities of Liberia
Demography of Liberia
Government and politics of Liberia
- Main article: Government of Liberia and Politics of Liberia
- Form of government: presidential representative democratic republic modeled on the government of the United States
- Capital of Liberia: Monrovia
Branches of the government of Liberia
Executive branch of the government of Liberia
- Head of state and head of government: President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
- Cabinet of Liberia
Legislative branch of the government of Liberia
- Parliament of Liberia (bicameral)
- Upper house: Senate of Liberia
- Lower house: House of Representatives of Liberia
Judicial branch of the government of Liberia
Foreign relations of Liberia
- Diplomatic missions in Liberia
- Diplomatic missions of Liberia
International organization membership
The Republic of Liberia is a member of:[1]
Law and order in Liberia
- Constitution of Liberia
- Crime in Liberia
- Human rights in Liberia
- LGBT rights in Liberia
- Freedom of religion in Liberia
- Law enforcement in Liberia
Military of Liberia
- Command
- Commander-in-chief:
- Ministry of Defence of Liberia
- Commander-in-chief:
- Forces
- Army of Liberia
- Navy of Liberia
- Air Force of Liberia
- Special forces of Liberia
- Military history of Liberia
- Military ranks of Liberia
Local government in Liberia
History of Liberia
- Main article: History of Liberia, Timeline of the history of Liberia, and Current events of Liberia
- Military history of Liberia
Culture of Liberia
- Architecture of Liberia
- Cuisine of Liberia
- Festivals in Liberia
- Languages of Liberia
- Media in Liberia
- National symbols of Liberia
- Coat of arms of Liberia
- Flag of Liberia
- National anthem of Liberia
- People of Liberia
- Prostitution in Liberia
- Public holidays in Liberia
- Records of Liberia
- Religion in Liberia
- Christianity in Liberia
- Hinduism in Liberia
- Islam in Liberia
- Judaism in Liberia
- Sikhism in Liberia
- World Heritage Sites in Liberia: None
Art in Liberia
- Art in Liberia
- Cinema of Liberia
- Literature of Liberia
- Music of Liberia
- Television in Liberia
- Theatre in Liberia
Sports in Liberia
Economy and infrastructure of Liberia
- Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 171st (one hundred and seventy first)
- Agriculture in Liberia
- Banking in Liberia
- National Bank of Liberia
- Communications in Liberia
- Internet in Liberia
- Companies of Liberia
- Currency of Liberia: Dollar
- Energy in Liberia
- Energy policy of Liberia
- Oil industry in Liberia
- Health care in Liberia
- Mining in Liberia
- Liberia Stock Exchange
- Tourism in Liberia
- Transport in Liberia
- Airports in Liberia
- Rail transport in Liberia
- Roads in Liberia
Education in Liberia
See also
English language edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
- Index of Liberia-related articles
- List of international rankings
- List of Liberia-related topics
- Member state of the United Nations
- Outline of Africa
- Outline of geography
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Liberia". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 3, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
- ↑ The only glaciers in Africa are on Mt Kenya (in Kenya), on Kilimanjaro (in Tanzania), and in the Ruwenzori Mountains (which are located in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo). See Proceedings of the Riederalp Workshop, September 1978; Actes de l'Atelier de Riederalp, septembre 1978): IAHS-AISH Publ. no. 126, 1980.
External links
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- allAfrica.com - Liberia news headlines
- Outline of Liberia travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Liberian Observer newspaper
- Cuttington Chronicle - Student Newspaper of Cuttington University in Suakoko, Liberia
- Cuttington University - Liberia's oldest university
- Johnson-Sirleaf presidential speeches from CSPAN
- "Liberia". CIA — The World Factbook. Retrieved 2008-05-16.
- Bureau of African Affairs (April 2008). "Liberia". US State Department. Retrieved 2008-05-16.
- Liberian Law - Cornell Law Library — contains digitized documents dealing with the creation of the nation of Liberia and the laws enacted at its foundation, as well as extensive links for further research
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