Liberia is a country on the west coast of Africa, bordered by Sierra Leone, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, and the Atlantic Ocean. It has a population of about 3.5 million, and covers 111,369 square kilometers (43,000 sq mi). Liberia has a hot equatorial climate with most rainfall arriving in summer with harsh harmattan winds in the dry season. Liberia's populated Pepper Coast is composed of mostly mangrove forests while the sparsely populated inland is forested, later opening to a plateau of drier grasslands. Founded as a colony in 1822 by freed slaves from the United States, who named the capital city Monrovia in honor of the US president, James Monroe. In 1847, the colony of freed slaves declared independence and founded the Republic of Liberia. Subsequent civil wars have displaced hundreds of thousands of people and devastated the country's economy.
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