in world by area size: 100
country name: Liberia
capital city: Monrovia
continental position: Africa
country area: 111370.00
currency of country:
Liberian dollar
currency code: LRD
country top level domain: .LR
country telephone code: 231
languages spoken in country:
English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic-group languages
ethnic composition of country:
indigenous African tribes 95% (including Kpelle, Bassa, Gio, Kru, Grebo, Mano, Krahn, Gola, Gbandi, Loma, Kissi, Vai, Bella, Mandingo, and Mende), Americo-Liberians 2.5% (descendants of former U.S. slaves), Congo People 2.5% (descendants of former Caribbean slaves)
religious composition of country:
traditional 40%, Christian 40%, Islam 20%
first sovereignty: Jul 26, 1847
last date of control by an external government: Jul 26, 1847
external goverment in question: American Colonization Society
historic timeline where available:
Settled but not claimed by United States