Chocolate City, Liberia
Chocolate City | |
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Town and suburb | |
Chocolate City Location in Liberia | |
Coordinates: LR 6°19′57″N 10°45′26″W / 6.33250°N 10.75722°WCoordinates: LR 6°19′57″N 10°45′26″W / 6.33250°N 10.75722°W | |
Country | Liberia |
County | Montserrado County |
District | Greater Monrovia |
Time zone | GMT (UTC+0) |
Chocolate City is a town and central-northern suburb of Monrovia, Liberia. To the northeast is Samie Town. It contains the Elizabeth Blunt School and Francis Freeman Elementary School.[1][2]
During the Second Liberian Civil War in 1999-2003, the city was war torn,[3] and "rape, murder and plunder" happened every night in Chocolate City.[4] Hundreds of thousands of refugees hid in churches, schools and houses and many thousands died.[4]
References
- ↑ "A school named after me". BBC. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ↑ "Liberian Journal No 11". Society of African Missions. 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ↑ Gbowee, Leymah; Mithers, Carol (13 September 2011). Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War. Beast Books. p. 170. ISBN 978-0-9842951-5-9. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- 1 2 "A year after Liberia's bloody civil war". The Scotsman. 11 July 2004. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
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