- Gbarpolu County
Created in
2001 , Gbarpolu is the youngest ofLiberia 's 15 counties. It is situated in the northwest of Liberia, occupies an area of approximately 1,263 square miles, and was estimated to have a population of 131,227 inhabitants before theSecond Liberian Civil War . Gbarpolu county is bordered byLofa County to the north,Bomi County to the south,Bong County to the west, andGrand Cape Mount County andSierra Leone to the east.The districts of Gbarpolu County include:
*Belleh District
*Bokomu District
*Bopolu District
*Gbarma District
*Kongba District The majority of Gbarpolu consists of forest. Mining was the primary economic activity prior to the
Liberian Civil War , in addition to subsistence farming. However, the war devastated all sectors of the county.ources
* [http://www.humanitarianinfo.org/liberia/assessments/others/doc/NRC%20Assessment%20Report.doc NRC Assessment Report]
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