Maryland County
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| Capital | Harper | |
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| ISO 3166-2 | LR-MY | |
Maryland County is the southern and easternmost county of Liberia's 15 counties and shares a border with Côte d'Ivoire. It is named after the state of Maryland in the United States. The county comprises some 5,350 km²., its capital city is Harper. As of May 2004, a DRC census, estimated the county's population to be 107,100.
Farming is the main economic activity in Maryland County, accounting for the employment of approximately 60% of residents. Rice and cassava are the main crops raised in the county.
Today, Maryland County consists of the Commonwealth District of Harper, Plibo-Sedeken District and Barobo Statutory District. Within each district, with the exception of Harper, there is one or more chiefdom, two or more clans and four or more general towns.
The flag of Maryland County, Liberia, consists of a drawing of a tree and a lighthouse on a cliff with a small Liberian flag in the upper left corner.
In 2007 WBAL-TV in Baltimore produced a special titled Africa's Maryland, which focused on this region and its cultural roots to the state Maryland.
[edit] History
Maryland was first established as a colony of the Maryland State Colonization Society 1834 [1] but was not granted independence until 1854. The Maryland colony declared its independence from the Colonization Society but did not become part of the Republic of Liberia. It held the land along the coast between the Grand Cess and San Pedro Rivers. In 1856, the independent state of Maryland (Africa) requested military aid from Liberia in a war with the Grebo and Kru peoples who were resisting the Maryland settlers' efforts to control their trade. President Roberts assisted the Marylanders, and a joint military campaign by both groups of African American colonists resulted in victory. In 1857, the Republic of Maryland joined Liberia as Maryland County.
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[edit] External links
- CIA World Factbook
- Doctors without Borders in Harper, Liberia offers photos and one man's journal of the living conditions in Maryland County.
- WBAL-TV's documentary, "Africa's Maryland"
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