Liberia
Capital: Monrovia · Coastal
Ducor Hotel. A once-grand hilltop hotel overlooking Monrovia and the Atlantic — one of the city's most recognisable landmarks.
- Capital
- Monrovia
- Languages
- English (official)
- Currency
- Liberian dollar (LRD)
Africa's oldest modern republic, Liberia was founded in 1847 by freed and formerly enslaved people from the United States.
Rubber, iron ore and a rebuilding economy following past conflict define its current trajectory.