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Liberia

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LIBERIA
LIBERIA

For supplementary information, see links to post office home pages here External, to postal code pages here External and to other personal name and addressing issues pages here External.

Table of Contents

Liberia - Country information

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Local short name form

Official name

Area

Population

5 250 187 (2022) [1]

Capital

Currency

International telephone access code

231

ISO 3166 country codes

Car nationality plate code

LB

Internet country code

LR

GRC Country Code

LIR

Liberia - Number format

   Note: This section last updated 9th May 2021

In Fula (Fulfulde), Adlam script:

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(where image indicates the decimal separator and image the thousands separator). Numbers in Adlam are written from right to left.

In Fula (Fulfulde), Latin script; English, Kpelle and Vai:

   1,234.45

(where . indicates the decimal separator and , the thousands separator)

Liberia - Date and time formats

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   Note: This section last updated 9th May 2021

In Fula (Fulfulde), Adlam script; and Kpelle:

   yyyy-mm-dd
   14:32      

In Fula (Fulfulde), Latin script; English and Vai:

   dd/mm/yyyy
   14:32   

Liberia - Languages

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The national language is English External, spoken by some 69 000 people. A pidgin English, Liberian English External, is spoken by about 1 500 000 people as a second language. 32 other languages are spoken in Liberia, the most important being Bassa External (347 600 speakers); Dan External (200 000 speakers); Southern Kisi External (115 000 speakers); Klao External (184 000 speakers); Liberia Kpelle External (47 400 speakers); Loma External (141 800 speakers) and Mano External (185 000 speakers).

Liberia - Personal names

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Women generally take their husband’s family names upon marriage.

   Tables of names can be acquired: given names External, surnames/family names External, family name prefixes External, forms of address External, job titles External

Liberia - Example address format

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   Note: This section last updated 27th December 2020

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Addresses not in a native language will be written in English. The name of the town may be followed by a numeric sorting code, as shown in the examples above.

Addresses blocks may include the telephone numbers of the sender and the recipient.

   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired External

Liberia - Post office box

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This is written P.O. Box.

Liberia - Postal codes

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Postal codes consist of a block of 4 digits.

   Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired External

Liberia - Postal code format graphic

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Liberia - Postal code format

Liberia - Postal code specifics

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Liberia - Postal code regular expression

\A\d{4,4}\Z

Liberia - Postal code level of coverage

2

Liberia - Postal code map

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Place names in Liberia

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   Note: This section last updated 4th August 2014

Refer to Exonyms in Liberia for full lists of place names in Liberia in other languages.

   Alternate place name forms/postal code tables can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/settlements.htm External
   Other language place name data can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/otherlanguageplace.htm External

Liberia - Administrative districts

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Liberia has 15 counties External:

    Bomi External
    Bong External
    Gparbolu External
    Grand Bassa External
    Grand Cape Mount External
    Grand Gedeh External
    Grand Kru External
    Lofa External
    Margibi External
    Maryland External
    Montserrado External
    Nimba External
    River Cess External
    River Gee External
    Sinoe External

Administrative districts graphic

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Telephone numbers in Liberia

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   Note: This section last updated 30th April 2023

Liberian telephone numbers have no area codes. Subscriber numbers have 7 or 8 digits. Mobile numbers commence 220, 46-47, 5, 64-65, 7 or 8.

Properties with value Liberia

References

  1. ^ citypopulation.de/en/liberia/ External 20240130

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