Liberie

Republic o Liberie
Banner Coat o airms
Motto: "The Love Of Liberty Brought Us Here"
Anthem: All Hail, Liberia, Hail!
Location o  Liberie  (dark blue) – in Africa  (light blue & dark grey) – in the African Union  (light blue)
Caipital and largest city	Monrovia 6°19′N 10°48′W
Offeecial leids	Inglis
Spoken an naitional leids	Liberie Inglis
Ethnic groups (2008)	20.3% Kpelle 13.4% Bassa 10.9% Americo-Liberie 10.0% Grebo 8.0% Gio 7.9% Mano 6.0% Kru 5.1% Lorma 4.8% Kissi 4.4% Gola
Releegion	Christianity (85.6%), Islam (12.2%), Ithers (2.2%)
Demonym(s)	Liberie
Govrenment	Unitar presidential republic
• Preses	Joseph Boakai
• Vice Preses	Jeremiah Koung
• Speaker o the Hoose	Johnathan K. Koffa
• Chief Juistice	Sie-A-Nyene Yuoh
Legislatur	Legislatur o Liberie
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	Hoose o Representatives
Formation an Unthirldom
• Settlement bi the American Colonisation Society	Januar 7, 1822
• Liberie Declaration o Unthirldom	Julie 26, 1847
• Annexation o Republic o Maryland	Mairch 18, 1857
• Recogneetion bi the Unitit States	Februar 5, 1862
• Current constitution	Januar 6, 1986
Aurie
• Total	111,369 km2 (43,000 sq mi) (102nt)
• Water (%)	13.514
Population
• 2015 estimate	4,503,000 (125t)
• 2008 census	3,476,608 (130t)
• Density	40.43/km2 (104.7/sq mi) (180t)
GDP (PPP)	2018 estimate
• Total	$4.123 billion
• Per capita	$897
GDP (nominal)	2018 estimate
• Tot	$2.335 billion
• Per capita	$475
Gini (2007)	38.2 medium
HDI (2015)	0.427 law · 177t
Currency	Liberie dollara (LRD)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
Drivin side	richt
Cawin code	+231
ISO 3166 code	LR
Internet TLD	.lr

Liberie (ⁱ/laɪˈbɪəriə/), offeecially the Republic o Liberie, is a kintra on the wast coast o Africae, bordered bi Sierra Leone, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, an the Atlantic Ocean. As o the 2008 Census, the naition is hame tae 3,476,608 fowk an covers 111,369 square kilometres (43,000 sq mi).

Liberie's caipital is Monrovia. Liberie haes a het equatorial climate wi maist rainfall arrivin in the rainy saison wi hersh harmattan winds in the dry saison. Liberie's populated Pepper Coast is componed o maistly mangrove forests while the spairsely populatit inland is forestit, later openin tae a plateau o drier grasslands.

Etymology

The name Liberie denotes "liberty". The newly arrived settlers formed a new ethnic group cried the Americo-Liberians. Housomeivver, this introduction o a new ethnic mix resultit in ethnic tensions wi the saxteen ither main ethnicities awready residin in Liberie. Frae the 16t century till 1822, European splorers an traders haed multiple names for Liberie, varyin bi leid.

Durin the spice trade, in non-Inglis speakin Europe, Liberiae wis cawed the Malaguetta Coast or Pepper Coast in Inglis. It earned its name frae the melegueta pepper foond in rural Liberie that wis dubbed the "Grains o paradise" syne it wis a rare spice in heich demand throughoot continental Europe. In late 18t century Inglis splorers referred tae the kintra as the Windward Coast acause o notoriously unnavigable, choppy waters aff the coast o Cape Palmas at the tip o Soothren Liberie that wur difficult for European ships tae sail throu.