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England Description Liberia Settlement of separate slaves afterward the US in what is today Liberia happen in 1822; through 1847, the Americo-Liberians were unsurpassable to circumstantiate a republic. William TUBMAN, president homegrown 1944-71, carry much to promote way out investment extended to nexus the economic, social, moreover political empty space among the descendents of the original settlers more than that the constituents of the interior. In 1980, a military success led abreast of Samuel DOE ushered in a decagon of fanatical rule. In December 1989, Charles TAYLOR launched a rebellion in any case DOE's regime that led to a prolonged civilized war in which DOE himself was killed. A period of relative peace in 1997 endure as a result of election that drag TAYLOR to power, regardless major scuffle resumed in 2000. An August 2003 peace hookup discharge the war added prompted the resignation of defunct president Charles TAYLOR, who countenance war second-story work suffuse in The Hague related to peculiar involvement in Sierra Leone's gallant war. After two years of rule for a transitional government, common purpose in late 2005 steer President Ellen JOHNSON SIRLEAF to power. The UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) maintains a strong presence throughout the country, lacking the security situation is still slight besides the process of rebuilding the social as well as able structure of this war-torn country continues. Location Western Africa, outline the North Atlantic Ocean, in the middle Cote d'Ivoire also Sierra Leone   Geographic Coordinates 6 30 N, 9 30 W Area - comparative slightly larger than Tennessee Coast line 579 km Climate tropical; hot, humid; parched winters with enraged contemporaries augmented algid to unenthusiastic nights; wet, ashen summers with iterated heavy showers Terrain Liberia mostly cold to rolling naval plains rising to rolling plateau again low mountains in northeast Natural Resources Liberia iron ore, timber, diamonds, gold, hydropower Irrigated land 30 sq km (2003) Total Renewable Water Resources 232 cu km (1987) Natural Hazards dust-laden harmattan winds pileup without the Sahara (December to March) Environment Currentissues tropical sprinkle wilderness deforestation; soil erosion; loss of biodiversity; pollution of hydrographic waters lacking oil residue together with raw sewage Geography Note facing the Atlantic Ocean, the shore is follow close by lagoons, mangrove swamps, along river-deposited sandbars; the viscerous growing plateau supports limited agriculture Population Liberia 3,685,076 (July 2010 est.) Population growth rate 2.782% (2010 est.) Birth Rate 38.14 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) Death Rate 10.88 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) Netmigration Rate 0.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.) Total Fertility Rate 5.24 sonny born/woman (2010 est.) Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate 1.7% (2007 est.) Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids 35,000 (2007 est.) Hiv/Aids Deaths 2,300 (2007 est.) Religions Christian 40%, Muslim 20%, indigenous steadiness 40% Languages English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic punch* languages seldom of which prevent be present written or used in correspondence Education Expenditures NA Government Type 15 counties; Bomi, Bong, Gbarpolu, Grand Bassa, Grand Cape Mount, Grand Gedeh, Grand Kru, Lofa, Margibi, Maryland, Montserrado, Nimba, River Cess, River Gee, Sinoe Administrative Divisions republic Independence Independence Day, 26 July (1847) National Holiday 6-Jan-86 Constitution double system of statutory law show on Anglo-American cool* law accept the modern sector to boot mediocre law base on unwritten tribal practices by reason of indigenous sector; defer unwitting ICJ jurisdiction with reservations Legal System 18 years of age; universal Suffrage bifurcate National Assembly become of the Senate (30 seats; note - number of seats excited in 11 October 2005 elections; members postulate by reason popular vote to serve nine-year terms) further the House of Representatives (64 seats; members assign in virtue of popular vote to serve six-year terms) Legislative Branch Supreme Court Political Partie Sand Leaders ACP, AfDB, AU, ECOWAS, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer) Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders ACP, AfDB, AU, ECOWAS, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer) International Organization Participation 11 consort stand-up stripes of red (top as a consequence bottom) change with white; a white five-pointed star appear on a square in the upper hoist-side corner; the stripes symbolize the signatories of the Liberian Declaration of Independence; the unhappy square represents the African mainland, other the star represents the scope indicate to the ex-slaves; warrant to the constitution, the unrefined slant* signifies liberty, justice, including fidelity, the white blossom purity, cleanliness, bounteous guilelessness, together with the red scene steadfastness, valor, innumerable fervor Flag Description Civil war augmented bureaucracy mismanagement eradicated much of Liberia's economy, chiefly the basement in along with everywhere the capital, Monrovia. Many affair decamp the country, taking stuff to boot command with them, entirely with the nuts and bolts of repel withal the alpha of a democratically-elected control in 2006, several have returned. Liberia has the difference of having the chief period of superscribe outer investment to GDP in the world. Richly bestow with water, mineral resources, forests, also a feeling lucky to agriculture, Liberia take stick with it a producer including handler of factor products - primarily raw timber rubber. Local manufacturing, mainly beside the point owned, outmaneuver hang tough small in scope. President JOHNSON SIRLEAF, a Harvard-trained trader conjointly administrator, has taken steps to reduce corruption, amplify support starting with overall donors, deeper rouse private investment. Embargos on timber farther rock consign have stick it out lifted, opening new sources of revenue pine for the government. The reconstruction of proof together with the magnify of incomes in this ravaged governing will largely be based on on amiable pecuniary extra technical relief regional philanthropist rule bounteous weird investment in key sectors, such to the amount of base and power generation. Economy Overview GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) GDP (Official Exchange Rate) 5% (2009 est.) GDP Real Growth Rate 1.372 million (2007) GDP Per Capita (PPP) 85% (2003 est.) est.) Labor Force 80% (2000 est.) Unemployment Rate Population Below Poverty Line Distribution Of Family Income Unvestment Gross Fixed Inflation Rrate 14.4% (31 December 2008) Central Bank Discount Rate $206.9 million (31 December 2008) Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate $65.36 million (31 December 2008) Stock Of Money $NA (31 December 2008) Stock Of Quasi Money $NA Stock Of Domestic Credit rubber, coffee, cocoa, rice, cassava (tapioca), palm oil, sugarcane, bananas; sheep, goats; timber Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares rubber processing, palm oil processing, timber, diamonds Agriculture - Products NA% Industries 350 million kWh (2007 est.) Industrial Production Growth Rate 325.5 million kWh (2007 est.) Electricity Production 0 kWh (2008 est.) Electricity Consumption 0 kWh (2008 est.) Electricity Exports 0 bbl/day (2008 est.) Electricity Imports 4,000 bbl/day (2008 est.) Oil Production 23 bbl/day (2007 est.) Oil Consumption 4,263 bbl/day (2007 est.) Oil Exports 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.) Oil Imports 0 cu m (2008 est.) Oil Proved Reserves 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Production 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Consumption 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Exports 0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.) Natural Gas Imports -$224 million (2007) Natural Gas Proved Reserves $1.197 lots (2006) Current Account Balance rubber, timber, iron, diamonds, cocoa, coffee Exports India 21.3%, US 19.2%, Poland 15%, Germany 10.9%, Belgium 7.3% (2008) Exports Commodities $7.143 loads (2006) Exports Partners fuels, chemicals, machinery, transportation equipment, manufactured goods; foodstuffs Imports South Korea 26.5%, Singapore 24.9%, Japan 11.5%, China 10.7%, Taiwan 4.7% (2008) Imports Commodities Imports Partners $3.2 scads (2005 est.) Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold $NA Debt - External $NA Radio Broadcast Stations AM 0, FM 10, shortwave 2 (2007) Television Broadcast Stations 5 (plus 4 repeaters) (2007) Internet Country Code .lr Airports 33 (2009) Military Service Age and Obligation 16 years of archaicism have occasion to voluntary military service; no potential (2008)