Key facts
- Country
- Liberia
- Capital
- Bensonville
- Superintendent
- Florence Freemam-Brandy
- Total
- 1,912.7 km (738.5 sq mi)
- Density
- 1,004.3/km (2,601.1/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+0 (GMT)
- Iso 3166 code
- LR-MO
- Hdi 2018
- 0.534 , low · 1st of 15
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county of Liberia
- Country
- Liberia
- Located in
- Liberia
- Capital
- Bensonville
- Population
- 1920965
- Area
- 1908
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- topic's main category
- Category:Montserrado County
- inception
- 1847-00-00
- native label
- Montserrado
- language used
- Bassa
- Commons category
- Montserrado County
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Montserrado County
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Encyclopedic overview
Montserrado County is a county in the northwestern portion of the West African nation of Liberia containing its national capital, Monrovia. One of 15 counties that comprise the first-level of administrative division in the nation, it has 17 sub political districts. As of the 2022 Census, it had a population of 1,920,914, making it the most populous county in Liberia. The area of the county measures 738.5 square miles (1,913 km), the smallest in the country. Bensonville serves as the capital.
Created in 1847 at the foundation of the Liberian republic, the county is the oldest in Liberia. Previously, it had been the site of the colony of Kentucky in Liberia. Montserrado’s County Superintendent is Nyenekon Beauty Snoh-Barcon. The county is bordered by Bomi County to the west, Bong County to the north, and Margibi County to the east. The southern part of Montserrado lies on the Atlantic Coast.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Montserrado County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.