Country Liberia Climate Am Population 34,046 (2008) | County Bong County Elevation 250 m Local time Saturday 9:34 AM | |
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Weather 26°C, Wind W at 5 km/h, 94% Humidity | ||
Streets of gbarnga
Gbarnga is the capital city of Bong County, Liberia, lying north east of Monrovia. During the First Liberian Civil War, it was the base for Charles Taylor's National Patriotic Front of Liberia. Cuttington College, a private, Episcopal-affiliated institution, is located near the town. Its campus was once home to the Africana Museum, which was destroyed during the civil war.
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Map of Gbarnga, Liberia
As of the 2008 census, Gbarnga has a population of 34,046. Of this, 16,080 were male and 17,966 female; it is the fourth-most populous urban area in Liberia.
Gbarnga is the hometown of Tamba Hali, a professional football player of the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League in the United States.
The town is twinned with Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States.
Liberia driving to gbarnga
Climate
Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as tropical monsoon (Am). Its climate is similar to the capital Monrovia, but less rainy and with cooler night temperatures.