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Gbarnga

Field	Value
official_name	Gbarnga
other_name	Gbanga, Gbanka
native_name
settlement_type
dot_x		dot_y =
pushpin_map	Liberia
pushpin_label_position	bottom
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Liberia
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	[[Image:Flag of Liberia.svg	25px]] Liberia
subdivision_type1	County
subdivision_name1	Bong County
subdivision_type2	District
leader_title1
established_title
established_title2
established_title3
area_land_km2
population_as_of	2008
population_total	34046
population_blank1_title	Ethnicities
population_blank2_title	Religions
timezone	GMT
utc_offset	±00:00
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m	250
postal_code_type
blank_name	Climate
blank_info	Am

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.

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 former professional football player for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League in the United States.

The town is twinned with Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States.

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.

Places of worship

Holy Spirit Cathedral

Education

Gboveh High School
St. Martin's Catholic High School
Williams VS Tubman-Gray united methodist High School
AB Francis SDA School
St. Peter Episcopal High School
Alexandre A. Andrews Academy High School
Sumo Moye Memorial Institute
St. Marks Lutheran High School
St. Paul's Major Catholic Seminary

References

Stephen Ellis, The Mask of Anarchy
(June 2008). "2008 National Population and Housing Census: Preliminary Results". Government of the Republic of Liberia.
"Baltimore City Mayor's Office of International and Immigrant Affairs - Sister Cities Program".
"Climate: Gbarnga - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org.

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