Geography

Bordered on the north by Guinea and Sierra Leone, to the south and west by the Atlantic Ocean, and east by Ivory Coast.
The territory of Liberia is characterized by a plateau which descends to the sandy shore, covered with mangroves and numerous lakes and marshes. This decrease can be considered three three different levels, parallel to the coast. The highest form a large tract of forest. The middle belt of about 600 meters, open forests and the lowest area covered by savannas. The highest peak is Mount Nimba altitude of 1752 mts.
The whole territory is crossed by numerous rivers which descend to the ocean, and among them are the river Loffa, Saint Paul, Saint John and Cess.
The climate is tropical, with abundant rainfall and an average temperature of 26 º C.

Location

Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Cote d'Ivoire and Sierra Leone

History

The origin of Liberia as an independent country, has very specific characteristics among current African States. Until 1822, all the territory of Liberia was part of the British colony of Sierra Leone. In that year, the American Colonization Society which had been founded a few years earlier with the intention of getting rid of free blacks and perhaps with the idea of opening a gap between European countries at that time fought to carve up the continent , bought the British colony area and began sending and finance or voluntary migration of black Americans semiforzosa, creating the first American colony in Africa, in Monrovia, named in honor of U.S. President Monroe as the center of the colony .