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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


Bomi county (Liberia)

1984                       Bomi County, split from Montserrado County.

Superintendents
.... -                     Haja Washington



Bong

Bong county (Liberia)
                Adopted 29 Nov 1965

1964                       Bong County organized.

Superintendents
.... - ....                Ranney Jackson

.... -                     Dan Hartzman


Gbarpolu

Gbarpolu county (Liberia)

Jan 2001                   Gbarpolu County created, split from Lofa County.


Superintendents
.... -                     Gertrude Lamine (f)



Grand Bassa

Grand Bassa county (Liberia)
                Adopted 29 Nov 1965

26 Jul 1847                Grand Bassa County

Superintendents
.... -                     Julia Duncan Cassell (f)



Grand Cape Mount

Grand Cape Mount county (Liberia)
                Adopted 29 Nov 1965

26 Jul 1847                Grand Cape Mount County

Superintendents
.... -                     Catherine Watson-Khasu (f) 


Grand Gedeh

Grand Gedeh county (Liberia)
                Adopted 29 Nov 1965

1964                       Grand Gedeh County organized.

Superintendents
.... -                     Christopher Beh Bailey



Grand Kru

Grand Kru county (Liberia)

1984                       Grand Kru County, split from Maryland County.


Superintendents
.... -                     Rosalind Sneh (f)



Lofa

Lofa county (Liberia)
                Adopted 29 Nov 1965

1964                       Lofa County organized.

Superintendents
.... -                     Galakpai Kortimai



Margibi

Margibi county (Liberia)

1984                       Margibi County, formed from parts of Montserrado and Bong Counties.

Superintendents
.... -                     Levi Piah



Maryland

Maryland county (Liberia)
                Adopted 29 Nov 1965

28 Feb 1857                Maryland County

Superintendents
.... -                     Sie Teba Neufville



Montserrado

 
Montserrado county (Liberia)
                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

River Cess county (Liberia)

18 Apr 1985                River Cess County, formed from parts of Sinoe and Grand Bassa
                             Counties.


Superintendents
.... -                     B. Rancy Ziankahn



River Gee

River Gee county (Liberia)

Jun 2000                   River Gee County, split from Grand Gedeh County.

Superintendents
.... -                     J. Karku Sampson



Sinoe

Sino county (Liberia)
                Adopted 29 Nov 1965

26 Jul 1847                Sinoe County

Superintendents
.... -                     Sylvester Grisgby







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