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Montserrado County
Montserrado County is a county in the northwestern portion of the West African nation of Liberia. One of 15 counties that comprise the first-level of administrative division in the nation, it has four districts. Bensonville serves as the capital with the area of the county measuring , the smallest in the country.〔 As of the 2008 Census, it had a population of 1,144,806, making it the most populous county in Liberia.
Created in 1847 at the foundation of the country, the county is the oldest in Liberia. The most populous city in the county is Liberia’s capital, Monrovia with 1,010,970 residents, while Montserrado’s County Superintendent is Nyenekon Beauty Snoh-Barcon.〔 The county is bordered by Bomi County to the west, Bong County to the north, and Margibi County to the east. The southern part of Montserrado lies on the Atlantic Coast.
==Geography==
Located on the coast in the northwestern third of Liberia, Montserrado County is bordered by three counties.〔 The Atlantic Ocean makes up the county’s southern border, while Bomi County lies on the western border.〔 Bong County is to the north and Margibi County to the east.〔 The land is mainly alluvial soils, primarily clay, washed seaward from the streams and rivers of the interior valleys.〔 In the lowlands on the coast grow palm trees, mangrove woods, and savanna grasslands with tropical forest covering the interior hills and valleys.〔 Rivers include the St. Paul, Mesurado, Du, and Po.〔
The climate is tropical with dry and wet seasons.〔 Annual precipitation measures approximately .〔 From May to November is the rainy season, followed by the dry season from December through April.〔 During the dry season winds from the Sahara Desert called the Harmattan create wild temperature fluctuations from December to the beginning of March.〔
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