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Monrovia
6.31° N, 10.80° W
- Population
- 1,041,000
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 1 of 13
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 13 cities of Liberia in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Liberia, so this is not a national ranking.
- Founded
- 1822
- Year of founding from Wikidata (P571). Only the year is known, not the day; a city whose sources give more than one year shows no row.
- Area
- 194 km²
- Total area from Wikidata (P2046). Where two statements differ by less than half a percent the smaller is shown; a larger disagreement (land area against total area, say) shows no row.
- Administrative unit
- Greater Monrovia District
- The administrative unit Wikidata files this city under (P131), one level below the state. The state itself is shown on its own row and is not repeated here; a city filed under more than three units shows no row at all.
- Named after
- James Monroe
- Wikidata · P138 · checked 2026-09-20
- Time zone
- Africa/Monrovia
Traveler brief
Only what this atlas can source — no hours, prices, visas or safety advice.
Practical bearings for Monrovia, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Monrovia have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
Its name comes from James Monroe (1758-1831), the fifth president of the United States and a supporter of Liberia's colonization by freed slaves.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person
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