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Liberia Counties
| Counties Bomi - Bong - Gbarpolu - Grand Bassa - Grand Cape Mount - Grand Gedeh - Grand Kru - Lofa - Margibi - Maryland - Montserrado - Nimba - River Cess - River Gee - Sinoe - |
Party abbreviations: LAP = Liberian Action Party; LPP = Liberian People's Party;
NDP = National Democratic Party of Liberia; NPFL = National Patriotic Front of Liberia;
NPP = National Patriotic Party (authoritarian); UP = Unity Party (centerist); Mil = Military;
- Former parties: INPF = Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL dissidents,
Prince Johnson personalist); RP = Republican Party (democratic, 1867-1876); TWP = True Whig Party (always victorious 1878-1980, descendants of immigrants from the U.S. who had been slaves, est.1869)
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Counties
Bomi
1984 Bomi County, split from Montserrado County.
Superintendents
.... - Haja Washington
Bong
Adopted 29 Nov 1965
1964 Bong County organized.
Superintendents
.... - .... Ranney Jackson
.... - Dan Hartzman
Gbarpolu
Jan 2001 Gbarpolu County created, split from Lofa County.
Superintendents
.... - Gertrude Lamine (f)
Grand Bassa
Adopted 29 Nov 1965
26 Jul 1847 Grand Bassa County
Superintendents
.... - Julia Duncan Cassell (f)
Grand Cape Mount
Adopted 29 Nov 1965
26 Jul 1847 Grand Cape Mount County
Superintendents
.... - Catherine Watson-Khasu (f)
Grand Gedeh
Adopted 29 Nov 1965
1964 Grand Gedeh County organized.
Superintendents
.... - Christopher Beh Bailey
Grand Kru
1984 Grand Kru County, split from Maryland County.
Superintendents
.... - Rosalind Sneh (f)
Lofa
Adopted 29 Nov 1965
1964 Lofa County organized.
Superintendents
.... - Galakpai Kortimai
Margibi
1984 Margibi County, formed from parts of Montserrado and Bong Counties.
Superintendents
.... - Levi Piah
Maryland
Adopted 29 Nov 1965
28 Feb 1857 Maryland County
Superintendents
.... - Sie Teba Neufville
Montserrado
Adopted 29 Nov 1965
26 Jul 1847 Montserrado County
Superintendents
.... - Nyenekon Beauty Snoh-Barcon (f)
Nimba
Adopted 29 Nov 1965
1964 Nimba County organized.
Superintendents
.... - Robert S. Kamei
River Cess
18 Apr 1985 River Cess County, formed from parts of Sinoe and Grand Bassa
Counties.
Superintendents
.... - B. Rancy Ziankahn
River Gee
Jun 2000 River Gee County, split from Grand Gedeh County.
Superintendents
.... - J. Karku Sampson
Sinoe
Adopted 29 Nov 1965
26 Jul 1847 Sinoe County
Superintendents
.... - Sylvester Grisgby
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