Tubmanburg
| Tubmanburg | |||
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| Coordinates | 6 ° 52 ′ N , 10 ° 49 ′ W | ||
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| Country | Liberia | ||
| Bomi | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | LR-BM | ||
| height | 145 m | ||
| Residents | 13,114 (2008) | ||
Tubmanburg is a city and administrative center in Liberia . It is the capital of Bomi County .
location
The city is located on the edge of the Bomi Hills around 70 kilometers north-northwest of the state capital Monrovia and belongs to the Senjeh District .
population
The population consists mainly of Gola , Vai , Kpelle and Mandinka . At the last census in 2008, the place had 13,114 residents.
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 . In Tubmanburg, Muslims currently predominate.
history
The original name of the settlement is said to have been Vai Town . After the founding of Liberia, the area belonged to the Bomi Territory and was initially populated by planters and rubber collectors. Since the 1920s, Liberia's mineral resources have been developed by mining companies, and the Mano River Railway was built via Tubmanburg in the 1950s . Since then, the ore extracted in the Bomi Hills has also been transported by rail to the Freeport Monrovia port . The city suffered badly in the Liberian civil war . In the last phase of the fighting, the rebel organization LURD took the city in July 2002 and defeated the 700 fighters of the government troops stationed there. Part of the population that did not flee was drafted to reinforce the LURD troops, and the city was now used as a base of operations for the march on the capital Monrovia. Before that, around 5,000 civilians had fled towards the capital. Tubmanburg Government Hospital , outside of town, was also raided and looted. At present (2010) the city is not connected to the power grid, the railway line is closed. An open pit mine on the northern outskirts of the city has now been flooded and is now called Blue Lake .
Web links
- Bomi County Development Agenda (2008–2012) - current development priorities (PDF, 2.7 MB, English)
Individual evidence
- ^ 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 October 11, 2010 (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
- ^ NPHC 2008 Report Final. (PDF; 676 kB) In: Liberian Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information-Systems (LISGIS). Retrieved October 11, 2010 . Final results of the 2008 census
- ↑ Liberia Emergency Map (2003-04-10). (PDF; 112 kB) In: Globalsecurity organization's online portal. Retrieved November 24, 2010 . Final results of the 2008 census
- ↑ General map of the UN on the course of the fighting (2003)
