Grand Cess
| Grand Cess | |||
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| Coordinates | 4 ° 34 ′ N , 8 ° 13 ′ W | ||
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| Country | Liberia | ||
| Grand Kru | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | LR-GK | ||
| height | 5 m | ||
| Residents | 10,471 (2008) | ||
| founding | 1915 | ||
Grand Cess is a city in the West African Republic of Liberia in Grand Kru County . The majority of the population of the city, which has around 11,000 inhabitants, is made up of the Kru people . Administratively, the fishing town Wedabo, located 18 kilometers to the east, also belongs to the urban area. The city, founded in 1915, has the highest percentage of Catholics in Liberia, the city belongs to the Roman Catholic diocese of Cape Palmas .
The stretch of coast lined with sandy beaches, mangrove swamps and numerous rocky cliffs is known as the Upper Kru Coast . Grand Cess is located immediately east of the mouth of the Grand Cess River in the Atlantic and has a long tradition as a fishing town. A small field airfield was created on the eastern edge of the city in the 1950s. There are several churches and a school center in the village. The Rally Time Hospital was built on the northern edge of the city after the civil war.
Individual evidence
- ^ NPHC 2008 Report Final. (PDF; 676 kB) In: Liberian Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information-Systems (LISGIS). Retrieved January 31, 2011 . Final results of the 2008 census
- ^ Liberia, Counties and Districts. (PDF; 0.4 MB) (No longer available online.) In: Liberian Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information-Systems (LISGIS). Formerly in the original ; accessed on January 31, 2011 (English). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Overview map
- ^ Ted Hayden: Liberian Journal # 9. (No longer available online.) Society of African Missions US Province, archived from the original on May 17, 2008 ; accessed on January 31, 2011 (English): “Grand Cess is my favorite town. It was established in 1914 and is the second oldest parish in Liberia and is the only town where the majority of the people are Catholic. It has produced two bishops and several prices and sisters yet the population is less than 3,000. " Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
