Foya District
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Foya District is one of six districts located in Lofa County, Liberia. Foya District is the most populous district in Lofa County, with 73,312 people as of the 2008 census.[1] Foya is predominantly occupied by the Kissi tribe. Foya is about 450 km (280 mi) from Monrovia.
Market
[edit]Foya town, located in the centre of the Liberian Kissi tribal area, had an important weekly market in the 1970s. Saturday's Foya market day was a colorful event with an important regional economic function. Foya has a weekend open-field market of the type seen in most rural parts of Africa.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ 2008 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS (PDF) (Report). Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services. May 2009. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-03-08. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
External links
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