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Thursday, February 24, 2011

Liberia

Liberia was created by slaves freed in the United States. It was one of only two countries that were not colonized by the European powers. It was created as a free country where slaves could return to Africa in safety. Sadly in the last 30 years it has been plagued by many coups and civil wars.


Continent: Africa
Population: 4,000,000
HDI Rank: 169th
Neighbors: North - Guinea, West - Sierra Leone, East - Ivory Coast


Pepper Coast


Capital City - Monrovia (Named for James Monroe)

Interior of Liberia

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30 comments:

  1. UnknownFebruary 24, 2011 at 12:45 PM

    hasnt gadaffi taken over in the 60's with much help from america?

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  2. GFebruary 24, 2011 at 3:55 PM

    another great looking country struggling with violence :(

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  3. mamtcFebruary 24, 2011 at 4:38 PM

    looks lovely...another blue,red and a star

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  4. Outofnames47February 24, 2011 at 4:49 PM

    More crazy countries, thanks for sharing!

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  5. H.R. WalkerFebruary 24, 2011 at 5:50 PM

    wooo liberia!

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  6. edFebruary 24, 2011 at 6:42 PM

    its flag is so similar to the u.s. flag

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  7. Aaron M. GipsonFebruary 24, 2011 at 7:52 PM

    this place is one of the deadliest places on earth, can't wait till we start hitting the less tragic places!

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  8. GarthFebruary 24, 2011 at 9:41 PM

    it would be such a nice place if it weren't for the political instability

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  9. CharlesFebruary 25, 2011 at 12:43 AM

    it reminds me of every video game ever.

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  10. Patti D.February 25, 2011 at 1:20 AM

    Looks very pretty country, gotta love the flag too.

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  11. Bonny DFebruary 25, 2011 at 3:25 AM

    My recent blog post was about the recent revolutions actually. These places are really beautiful and harsh dictators shouldn't be the ones in power.

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  12. HavueleteFebruary 25, 2011 at 9:49 AM

    it's a nice story that people got free and founded a country to celebrate liberty. Hope their conflicts end soon

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  13. UnknownFebruary 25, 2011 at 11:37 AM

    Thanks for posting! Great stuff!

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  14. NateFebruary 25, 2011 at 1:02 PM

    I'd love to read an article about lybia, thoughts on that for the future?

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  15. 'AuanaFebruary 25, 2011 at 1:54 PM

    Its beautiful, but the coups is what happens when you have a gov't that cant handle its own weight

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  16. Lendo KharFebruary 25, 2011 at 2:11 PM

    I didn't know their origins, and the name seems fitting.

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  17. Kyle ShankinFebruary 25, 2011 at 2:21 PM

    It's a very lovely looking place, too bad for all the struggle. Following ;)

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  18. zabuzarFebruary 25, 2011 at 2:46 PM

    Yet it looks soooo beautiful ;_;

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  19. MattFebruary 25, 2011 at 6:51 PM

    It's also the only foreign nation with a capital named after an American president!

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  20. MihaiFebruary 26, 2011 at 1:31 AM

    nice blog bro and interesainting ! Following my blog

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  21. JonnyFebruary 26, 2011 at 2:45 PM

    I really like the concept you have on your blog. Very original!

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  22. Ashton ChaseFebruary 26, 2011 at 4:30 PM

    Very informative post, I didn't know the history of the country before this.

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  23. Jok3rFebruary 26, 2011 at 4:33 PM

    Continue with the great blog!

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  24. xplanetFebruary 26, 2011 at 7:20 PM

    serious business libia! keep going

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  25. UnknownFebruary 27, 2011 at 2:28 AM

    Cool stuff. Thanks for posting!

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  26. RainiFebruary 27, 2011 at 11:01 AM

    informative post. thx

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  27. Franco - TRGFebruary 28, 2011 at 2:06 AM

    So that's the reason why Liberia's flag is in some ways similar to the US flag.

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  28. RoloFebruary 28, 2011 at 4:23 PM

    love the history of this country and it's connection to the United States.

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  29. AnonymousMarch 22, 2011 at 12:05 PM

    Nice place!!

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