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Monrovia, estimated population 465,000 (1986), is the capital of Liberia.
Monrovia was first settled in 1822 by the American Colonization Society as a haven for freed slaves from the United States and the British West Indies and was named for James Monroe, then President of the United States.
A port on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the St. Paul River, Monrovia is Liberia's largest city and its administrative, commercial, and financial center.
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Monrovia was first settled in 1822 by the American Colonization Society as a haven for freed slaves from the United States and the British WestIndies and was named for James Monroe, then President of the United States.
A port on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the St. Paul River, Monrovia is Liberia'slargest city and its administrative, commercial, and financial center.
The city's economy is dominated by its harbor, which wassubstantially expanded by U.S. forces during World War II The main exports are latex and iron ore. The harbor also has extensive storage and ship repair facilities.
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MONROVIA, Liberia â” The crowd roars and people swoon as the presidential candidate bounds onto the stage, striding on the powerful legs that propelled him from the slums of Monrovia to international soccer stardom.
Monrovia-The National Democratic Institute (NDI) and The Carter Center on Thursday announced the arrival of their delegation to observe the 8th November presidential run-off elections.
MONROVIA, 4 November (IRIN) - Town criers are walking miles from village to village, and residents are being bombarded with banners and stickers urging them to vote in Liberia's presidential run-off, as officials step up their education efforts four days before the crunch ballot.
Taylor was born in Arthington, a city near Monrovia.
In mid-1990, Prince Johnson's supporters split from Taylor's group and captured Monrovia for themselves, depriving Taylor of outright victory.
Meanwhile, the rebel group LURD initiated a siege of Monrovia, and several bloody battles were fought as Taylor's forces defeated rebel attempts to capture the city.
A prominent warlord in the Liberian Civil War of the early 1990s, he was subsequently elected president, but his time in office was marked by rebellion and regional conflict and he was forced into exile after another civil war.
Although this led to the fall of Doe, it also led to the political fragmentation of the country into violent factionalism.
In mid-1990, a faction led by Prince Johnson split from Taylor's group and captured Monrovia for itself, depriving Taylor of outright victory.
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The crowd roars and people swoon as the presidential candidate bounds onto the stage, striding on the powerful legs that propelled him from the slums of Monrovia to international soccer stardom.
When social workers found the starving children at the Hannah B. Williams orphanage in Monrovia, they were eating frogs because the owner had sold the food donated by aid agencies at a market in Liberia's capital.
residential and commercial areas in Irwindale, Monrovia, Duarte and Azusa at speeds of up to 75 mph, Camacho said.
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