| NAME: |
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| LOCATION: |
Africa & The Middle East |
| GOVERNMENT: |
Republic |
| OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: |
English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic group languages, of which a few can be written and are used in correspondence.
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| MAJOR RELIGION(S): |
Indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 40%, Muslim 20%.
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| MAJOR ETHNIC GROUPS: |
Indigenous African 95% (including Kpelle, Bassa, Gio, Kru, Grebo, Mano, Krahn, Gola, Gbandi, Loma, Kissi, Vai, Dei, Bella, Mandingo, and Mende), Americo-Liberians 2.5% (descendants of immigrants from the US who had been slaves), Congo People 2.5% (descendants of immigrants from the Caribbean who had been slaves) |
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