Place:Montserrado, Liberia

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NameMontserrado
Alt namesMontserradosource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates6.467°N 10.55°W
Located inLiberia
Contained Places
District
Careysburg
Greater Monrovia
St. Paul River
Todee
Inhabited place
Bensonville
Monrovia ( 1822 - )
Mount Coffee
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Montserrado County is a county in the northwestern portion of the West African nation of Liberia containing its national capital, Monrovia. One of 15 counties that comprise the first-level of administrative division in the nation, it has 17 sub political districts. As of the 2008 Census, it had a population of 1,118,241, making it the most populous county in Liberia. The area of the county measures , the smallest in the country. Bensonville serves as the capital.

Created in 1847 at the foundation of the country, the county is the oldest in Liberia. Montserrado’s County Superintendent is Nyenekon Beauty Snoh-Barcon.[1] The county is bordered by Bomi County to the west, Bong County to the north, and Margibi County to the east. The southern part of Montserrado lies on the Atlantic Coast.

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