Bensonville
Sign in to saveBensonville is the capital city of Montserrado County, Liberia. As of the 2008 national census, its population stood at 4,089. Bensonville is located away from the national capital, Monrovia, which is also located in Montserrado County. It is a commercial center for the surrounding agricultural area.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Bensonville
- Settlement.other_name
- Bentol, Bentol City
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Liberia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
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- Location in Liberia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Montserrado
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Careysburg
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2008
- Settlement.population_total
- 4089
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.population_blank2_title
- Religions
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 90
- Settlement.elevation_ft
- 298
- Settlement.blank_name
- Climate
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- Official name
- Bensonville
- Population
- 4089
- Elevation
- 90
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- native label
- Bensonville
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Bensonville is the capital city of Montserrado County, Liberia. As of the 2008 national census, its population stood at 4,089. Bensonville is located away from the national capital, Monrovia, which is also located in Montserrado County. It is a commercial center for the surrounding agricultural area.
It was the birthplace of William R. Tolbert, Jr., the 20th president of Liberia. Before he was killed in a coup in 1980, Tolbert had planned to make Bensonville the country's new capital city.
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