Key facts
- Country
- Liberia
- Capital
- Sanniquellie
- Largest city
- Ganta
- Superintendent
- Mah Meapeh Kou Gono
- Senators
- Nya D. Twayen, Jr. and Samuel G. Kogar
- Total
- 11,551 km (4,460 sq mi)
- Density
- 53.834/km (139.43/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+0 (GMT)
- Hdi 2018
- 0.462 , low · 3rd of 15
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 621841
- Area
- 11551
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- Commons category
- Nimba County
- inception
- 1964-00-00
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Nimba County is a county in northeastern Liberia that shares borders with the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire in the East and the Republic of Guinea in the Northwest. Its capital city is Sanniquellie and its most populous city is Ganta. With the county's area measuring 11,551 square miles (29,920 km), Nimba is the largest of Liberia's 15 counties. The county has six statutory districts. As of the 2022 Census, it had a population of 621,841, making it the second most populous county in Liberia.
Named after Mount Nimba (Neinbaa Tohn in the Mahn (or Mano) language), which demarcates part of the Guinea-Côte d'Ivoire border, Nimba is also bordered by Bong and Grand Bassa counties to the west, Rivercess County to the southwest, and Grand Gedeh County to the southeast. The northern and northeastern parts of Nimba border the nation of Republic of Guinea, while the northeast lies along the border of Côte d'Ivoire.