Gbarnga
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| Gbarnga | |
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 Gbarnga
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| Coordinates: 7°0′8″N 9°28′0″W / 7.00222°N 9.466667°W | |
| Country |  Liberia |
| County | Bong County |
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| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 34,046 |
Gbarnga is the capital city of Bong County, Liberia, lying north east of Monrovia. Bong County is one of the over 13 political subdivisions of Liberia known as counties. During the First 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.
As of the 2008 census, Gbarnga has a population of 34046. Of this, 16080 were male and 17966 female; it is the fourth most populous urban area in Liberia.[1]
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.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "2008 National Population and Housing Census: Preliminary Results" (PDF). Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services. Government of the Republic of Liberia. June 2008. http://www.emansion.gov.lr/doc/census_2008provisionalresults.pdf. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
- ^ "Baltimore City Mayor's Office of International and Immigrant Affairs - Sister Cities Program". http://www.baltimorecity.gov/government/intl/sistercities.php. Retrieved 2009-07-18.[dead link]
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