Place:Sinoe, Liberia

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NameSinoe
Alt namesSinosource: FIPS Change Notice, no. 1 (1998) p 10
Sinoesource: Wikipedia
TypeCounty
Coordinates5.333°N 8.667°W
Located inLiberia
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Sinoe is one of Liberia's 15 counties and it has 17 districts. Greenville is the county's capital. As of the 2008 Census, it had a population of 104,932, making it one of the least populous counties in Liberia.[1] Sinoe has the third-largest area of all Liberia's counties; it has the second least-dense population after Gbarpolu County. The County was originally a colony in the name Mississippi-in-Africa, under auspices of a chapter of the American Colonization Society as it was created with slaves from Mississippi to Liberia.

There are seventeen districts in the county and it has lower tropical forests which has mid size hills composed of various valleys and water courses. Sapo National Park (a National protected area, Sankwehn Proposed Reserve, occupying an area of , a National proposed reserve and LTPC Reforestation Project with an area of are the major plantation areas in the county.

The flag is a green plus sign on a white background with the flag of Liberia in the top-left corner.

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