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Kakata
Sign in to saveKakata (colloquially Kak City) is the capital and largest city of Margibi County, Liberia. It serves as the county's administrative, commercial and transportation hub and lies within Liberia's historic rubber-production belt.
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- Locality
- Kakata
- Region
- Margibi County
- Country
- Liberia
- Population
- 52,247
- Timezone
- Africa/Monrovia
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kakata
- Settlement.other_name
- Kak City
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- City_of_Kakata,_photograph_of_main_road_near_BWI,_May_2012.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 280px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Main street of Kakata near the Booker Washington Institute campus, May 2012
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Liberia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Liberia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Margibi County
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kakata District
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 91
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2008
- Settlement.population_total
- 33,945
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- City of Kakata, photograph of main road near BWI, May 2012.jpg
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- Kakata
- P8168
- Peter Kubelka
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Kakata (colloquially Kak City) is the capital and largest city of Margibi County, Liberia. It serves as the county's administrative, commercial and transportation hub and lies within Liberia's historic rubber-production belt.
== History == The area surrounding Kakata was traditionally inhabited by the Bassa people, with Kpelle and other groups also present. During the 20th century, the region became a center of rubber cultivation as large plantations were established in Margibi County.
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