Outline of Liberia

The Flag of Liberia

The Coat of arms of Liberia

The location of Liberia

An enlargeable map of the Republic of Liberia

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Liberia:

Liberia – country in West Africa, bordered by Sierra Leone, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, and the Atlantic Ocean.^[1] Liberia has a hot equatorial climate with most rainfall arriving in summer with harsh harmattan winds in the dry season. Liberia's populated Pepper Coast is composed of mostly mangrove forests while the sparse inland is forested, later opening to a plateau of drier grasslands. Since 1989, Liberia has been in a state of flux witnessing two civil wars, the First Liberian Civil War (1989–1996), and the Second Liberian Civil War (1999–2003), displacing hundreds of thousands of people and devastating the country's economy.

General reference

An enlargeable map of Liberia

• Pronunciation: /laɪˈbɪəriə/
• Common English country name: Liberia
• Official English country name: The Republic of Liberia
• Common endonym(s):
• Official endonym(s):
• Adjectival(s): Liberian
• Demonym(s):
• Etymology: Name of Liberia
• ISO country codes: LR, LBR, 430
• ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:LR
• Internet country code top-level domain: .lr

Geography of Liberia

An enlargeable topographic map of Liberia

• Liberia is: a country
• Population of Liberia: 3,750,000 - 129th most populous country
• Area of Liberia: 111,369 km²
• Atlas of Liberia

Location

• Liberia is situated within the following regions:
  • Northern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere
    • Africa
      • West Africa
• Time zone: Coordinated Universal Time UTC+00
• Extreme points of Liberia
  • High: Mount Wuteve 1,440 m (4,724 ft)
  • Low: North Atlantic Ocean 0 m
• Land boundaries: 1,585 km

 Cote d'Ivoire 716 km

 Guinea 563 km

 Sierra Leone 306 km

• Coastline: North Atlantic Ocean 579 km

Environment of Liberia

An enlargeable satellite image of Liberia

• Climate of Liberia
• Renewable energy in Liberia
• Geology of Liberia
• Protected areas of Liberia
  • Biosphere reserves in Liberia
  • National parks of Liberia
• Wildlife of Liberia
  • Fauna of Liberia
    • Birds of Liberia
    • Mammals of Liberia

Natural geographic features of Liberia

• Glaciers in Liberia: none ^[2]
• Islands of Liberia
• Lakes of Liberia
• Mountains of Liberia
  • Volcanoes in Liberia
• Rivers of Liberia
  • Waterfalls of Liberia
• Valleys of Liberia
• World Heritage Sites in Liberia: None

Regions of Liberia

Administrative divisions of Liberia

• Counties of Liberia
  • Districts of Liberia
    • Counties of Liberia

Counties of Liberia

Districts of Liberia

Clans of Liberia

Municipalities of Liberia

• Capital of Liberia: Monrovia
• Cities of Liberia

Demography of Liberia

Government and politics of Liberia

Politics of Liberia

• Form of government: presidential representative democratic republic modeled on the government of the United States
• Capital of Liberia: Monrovia
• Elections in Liberia
• Political parties in Liberia

Branches of the government of Liberia

Executive branch of the government of Liberia

• Head of state and head of government: President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
  • Vice President of Liberia, Joseph Boakai
• Cabinet of Liberia
• Government ministries of Liberia

Legislative branch of the government of Liberia

• Parliament of Liberia (bicameral)
  • Upper house: Senate of Liberia
  • Lower house: House of Representatives of Liberia

Judicial branch of the government of Liberia

• Supreme Court of Liberia

Foreign relations of Liberia

• Diplomatic missions in Liberia
• Diplomatic missions of Liberia

International organization membership

The Republic of Liberia is a member of:^[1]

African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States (ACP) African Development Bank Group (AfDB) African Union (AU) Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Group of 77 (G77) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) International Criminal Court (ICCt) International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) International Development Association (IDA) International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS) International Finance Corporation (IFC) International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) International Labour Organization (ILO) International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO) International Monetary Fund (IMF) International Olympic Committee (IOC)

International Organization for Migration (IOM) International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM) International Telecommunication Union (ITU) International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) Nonaligned Movement (NAM) Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) United Nations (UN) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Universal Postal Union (UPU) World Confederation of Labour (WCL) World Customs Organization (WCO) World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) World Health Organization (WHO) World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) World Meteorological Organization (WMO) World Trade Organization (WTO) (observer)

Law and order in Liberia

• Constitution of Liberia
• Crime in Liberia
• Human rights in Liberia
  • LGBT rights in Liberia
  • Freedom of religion in Liberia
• Law enforcement in Liberia

Military of Liberia

• Command
  • Commander-in-chief:
    • Ministry of Defence of Liberia
• Forces
  • Army of Liberia
  • Navy of Liberia
  • Air Force of Liberia
  • Special forces of Liberia
• Military history of Liberia
• Military ranks of Liberia

History of Liberia

Main article: History of Liberia, Timeline of the history of Liberia, and Current events of Liberia

• Military history of Liberia

Culture of Liberia

• Architecture of Liberia
• Cuisine of Liberia
• Festivals in Liberia
• Languages of Liberia
• Media in Liberia
• National symbols of Liberia
  • Coat of arms of Liberia
  • Flag of Liberia
  • National anthem of Liberia
• People of Liberia
• Prostitution in Liberia
• Public holidays in Liberia
• Records of Liberia
• Religion in Liberia
  • Christianity in Liberia
  • Hinduism in Liberia
  • Islam in Liberia
  • Judaism in Liberia
  • Sikhism in Liberia
• World Heritage Sites in Liberia: None

Art in Liberia

• Art in Liberia
• Cinema of Liberia
• Literature of Liberia
• Music of Liberia
• Television in Liberia
• Theatre in Liberia

Sports in Liberia

• Football in Liberia
• Liberia at the Olympics

Economy and infrastructure of Liberia

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 171st (one hundred and seventy first)
• Agriculture in Liberia
• Banking in Liberia
  • National Bank of Liberia
• Communications in Liberia
  • Internet in Liberia
• Companies of Liberia
• Currency of Liberia: Dollar
  • ISO 4217: LRD
• Energy in Liberia
  • Energy policy of Liberia
  • Oil industry in Liberia
• Health care in Liberia
• Mining in Liberia
• Liberia Stock Exchange
• Tourism in Liberia
• Transport in Liberia
  • Airports in Liberia
  • Rail transport in Liberia
  • Roads in Liberia

Education in Liberia

See also

• Index of Liberia-related articles
• List of international rankings
• List of Liberia-related topics
• Member state of the United Nations
• Outline of Africa
• Outline of geography

References

1. "Liberia". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 3, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
2. The only glaciers in Africa are on Mt Kenya (in Kenya), on Kilimanjaro (in Tanzania), and in the Ruwenzori Mountains (which are located in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo). See Proceedings of the Riederalp Workshop, September 1978; Actes de l'Atelier de Riederalp, septembre 1978): IAHS-AISH Publ. no. 126, 1980.

External links

Wikimedia Atlas of Liberia

• allAfrica.com - Liberia news headlines
• Liberia travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Liberian Observer newspaper
• Cuttington Chronicle - Student Newspaper of Cuttington University in Suakoko, Liberia
• Cuttington University - Liberia's oldest university
• Johnson-Sirleaf presidential speeches from CSPAN
• "Liberia". CIA — The World Factbook. Retrieved 2008-05-16.
• Bureau of African Affairs (April 2008). "Liberia". US State Department. Retrieved 2008-05-16.
• Liberian Law - Cornell Law Library — contains digitized documents dealing with the creation of the nation of Liberia and the laws enacted at its foundation, as well as extensive links for further research