THE COUNTRY

The Country Surface: 111.3700 km2s

Land Boundaries: Sierra Leone on the West, Guinea to the North, Cote d’Ivore on the Northeast and East, Atlantic Ocean on the South

Capital: Monrovia (962.000 inhabitants).

Other principal Cities: Buchanan , Harper , Greenville , Harbel, Zwedru, Gbarnga, Yekepa, Tubmanburg, Robertsport, Kolahun, Tapeta.

Population: 3.390.635 (July 2004 est.).

Ethnic groups: Kpelle 21%, Low 16%, Kru 8%, Dan 8%, Grebo 8%, Free-American 4%, Others 35%.

Language: English (there are over 20 ethnic dialects).

Government Type: Republic

Religion: Indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 40%, Muslim 20%

Coin: Liberian Dollar (LRD), divided in 100 centses; Change to the 30/4/03 1 US $= 0,995 LRD€1,10s

Climate: Typically tropical, with constant tall percentage of damp (90-95%). With 25mm a day in average of atmospheric precipitations, during the season of the rains (from May to October), Monrovia, on the coast it is one of the damp capitals in Africa. The temperature never overcomes the 33 degrees in Monrovia. In the hinterland it is slightly more elevated.

Flag: Flag of general employment adopted by the new republican constitution July 16 th 1847, few days before the declaration of the independence (26 July) and officially lifted on following August 27. The proportions 10/19, fixed only in 1961, they are the same of the American flag. The strips were brought by 13 to 11 to remember the eleven representatives of the three counties (Montserrado, Low Gran and Sinoe) that they signed the declaration of independence. The blue one of the canton is for Africa, the “dark” continent, the five points of the star represent Liberia as the first independent Republic of the African continent.

The colors represent:

Other Information:

Appointed international: 00 231 prefix for the country.

Fused schedule: same schedule of the Meridian in Greenwich; 1 now back in Italy (2 hours back with the legal schedule).

Documents: For the entry in Liberia the passport is necessary in course of validity and the seen of entry, obligatory for any stay and for any type of passport.

Embassies and Consulates: an Embassy doesn't exist on the spot, the competent embassy for Liberia is situated in Cote d’Ivore.
16 Rue da la Canebière
B.P. 1905 Abidjan 01- Ivory Coast
Tel: 00225-22. 446170-22.446361. Fax: 22.443587

E-mail: ambitali@aviso.ci
In case of extreme emergency please take contact with the office of the Delegation of the European Committee in Monrovia: Tel. sat.: 00874 762 154 756
Diplomatic Representation of the Republic of Liberia in Italy:

Embassy of the Republic of Liberia in Rome:
Via Cassia, 1215
00189 ROMA
Tel.: + 39 06 30362212/06 Fax: +39 06 30362643
Consulate:
Genoa:
Via Dodici Ottobre, 2
16121 Genova
Tel. 01053431
Turin:
Via XX Settembre, 3
10121 Torino
Tel. 011-549687
Venice:
Via Istria, 3
30126 Venezia
Tel. 041-2760130

Working week:

Banks: from Monday to Friday from 8.00 a.m. to 12.00. a.m.

Shops: from Monday to Saturday from 9.00a.m. to 12.00 a.m. and from 02.00 p.m. to 07.00 p.m.

Public Offices: from Monday to Friday from 7.00a.m. to 03.00 p.m..