Gbarnga
| Gbarnga | |||
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| Coordinates | 7 ° 0 ′ N , 9 ° 28 ′ W | ||
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| Country | Liberia | ||
| Bong | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | LR-BG | ||
| height | 250 m | ||
| Residents | 45,835 (2008) | ||
Gbarnga is a city and administrative center in Liberia . It is the capital of Bong County .
location
The city is located around 170 km northeast of the state capital Monrovia on the Jaw River.
population
The population originally consisted of Kpelle , but today there are also many Mandinka . At the last census in 2008, the place counted residents. Today the population is around 45,835 people, making Gbarnga the second largest city in the country.
religion
About 70 percent of the population of Liberia profess traditional religions , 20 percent (with an increasing tendency) are Muslims and ten percent (mainly in the coastal region) are Christians . The Roman Catholic Church in Liberia has 166,000 believers, including the Gbarnga diocese with 14,300 believers, and it was founded in the 1950s. During the civil war, all mission stations, schools and churches in the region were attacked, looted and destroyed, and Bishop Lewis Zeigler and his staff had to flee across the border to avoid being killed. In the meantime, a reconstruction work led by the bishop is beginning to show its first results.
Infrastructure
Before the civil war, the Gbarnga area had a separate power supply, small power plants produced 1400 KW. Before the war, the city had several schools. In Suakoko, 16 km northwest of it, were the Phebe Hospital , Cuttington College and the Africa Museum . The museum was completely looted and its items destroyed or sold abroad.
economy
Before the Civil War, there was a manufacturing facility for processing natural rubber , and a branch of Cuttington University operated an experimental farm. Poultry farming was also important.
history
The city suffered badly during the Liberian Civil War because it was the headquarters of the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) led by Charles Taylor . In August 2005, the urban area was hit by a flood disaster and had to be evacuated. The city of Baltimore in the US state of Maryland is twinned with Gbarnga.
Personalities
- Sekou Conneh , politician, warlord and presidential candidate (2005)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Liberia's dream of freedom. On the situation of the Catholic Church in Liberia. (No longer available online.) In: Informationsdienst www.missio.de, online portal. Archived from the original on April 8, 2010 ; Retrieved October 15, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b State of the Environment. Report for Liberia 2006. (PDF; 2.8 MB) (No longer available online.) In: Online portal of the government of the Republic of Liberia. Archived from the original on April 11, 2009 ; Retrieved October 15, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Baltimore City Mayor's Office of International and Immigrant Affairs - Sister Cities Program . Retrieved July 18, 2009.
Web links
- Journey to Africa - Father David O'Regan's report on his work as a pastor and missionary in Monrovia and Gbarnga. (English)