Zorzor

Zorzor
Coordinates	7 ° 47 ′  N , 9 ° 26 ′  W Coordinates: 7 ° 47 ′  N , 9 ° 26 ′  W
Basic data
Country	Liberia
region	Lofa
height	450 m
Residents	5131 (2008)

Zorzor is a city and an administrative sub- center of Lofa County in northern Liberia . It is located on a tributary of the Saint Paul River on the border with Guinea . According to the 2008 census, the city had a population of 5,131.

Since the civil war there have been several important refugee camps in the vicinity of the town , and thousands of Liberians are still living as refugees across the border on the national territory of Guinea.

The region is mainly used for agriculture. In January 2009 the region was severely affected by the Liberian Armyworm Plague , a mass multiplication of caterpillars, so the Liberian government had to declare a national emergency for the first time . A relatively intact road network was created through the deployment of blue helmet soldiers stationed in Liberia after the civil war , and the technical infrastructure was rebuilt. There is an administrative center, schools and the Curan Hospital .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Final results of the 2008 census, NPHC 2008 Report Final. (PDF; 660 kB) In: Liberian Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information-Systems (LISGIS). Retrieved July 17, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Map: Displaced People in Liberia July 20, 2003: Monrovia under siege. (PDF) OCHA, July 2003, accessed on February 2, 2011 (English). 
3. ↑ TRC Final Report: Volume II. (PDF) TRC, July 2009, p. 384 , archived from the original on October 31, 2010 ; accessed on January 31, 2011 (English, PDF; 3.1 MB). 
4. ^ Lofa County Development Agenda. (PDF; 135 kB) Gouvernement of Liberia, 2008, p. 76 , accessed on February 2, 2011 (English).