Nimba County

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Nimba County is a large, resource-rich county in northeastern Liberia that has been a significant site of political, ethnic, and military activity in the country’s modern history.

All labels observed (4)

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf county ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf Republic of Liberia ⓘ
linked to: Liberia
associatedWithRebelGroup National Patriotic Front of Liberia ⓘ
bordersCountry Côte d’Ivoire ⓘ
linked to: Côte d'Ivoire

Guinea ⓘ
bordersLiberianCounty Bong County ⓘ
Grand Bassa County ⓘ
Grand Gedeh County ⓘ
River Cess County ⓘ
Sinoe County ⓘ
capital Sanniquellie ⓘ
containsMiningArea Mount Nimba range ⓘ
linked to: Mount Nimba

Yekepa ⓘ
country Liberia ⓘ
ethnicGroup Gio (Dan) ⓘ
Krahn ⓘ
Mandingo ⓘ
linked to: Mande peoples

Mano (Mah) ⓘ
gainedProminenceFor iron ore exports ⓘ
hasBorderTown Ganta ⓘ
Loguatuo ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity cross-border trade ⓘ
mining ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
hasFeature history of political and military activity ⓘ
multi-ethnic population ⓘ
hasNaturalResource diamonds ⓘ
gold ⓘ
iron ore ⓘ
timber ⓘ
hasPopulationCharacteristic one of the most populous counties in Liberia ⓘ
hasTransportCorridor road link to Côte d’Ivoire ⓘ
road link to Guinea ⓘ
hasUrbanCenter Ganta ⓘ
Saclepea ⓘ
Sanniquellie ⓘ
Yekepa ⓘ
historicalOperatorOfIronOreMines ArcelorMittal Liberia ⓘ
linked to: ArcelorMittal

LAMCO ⓘ
isPoliticallySignificantIn Liberian national politics ⓘ
largestCity Ganta ⓘ
Saclepea ⓘ
Sanniquellie ⓘ
locatedIn northeastern Liberia ⓘ
namedAfter Mount Nimba ⓘ
playsRoleIn Liberian civil wars ⓘ
linked to: Liberian Civil Wars
timeZone Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ
wasEarlyConflictZoneIn First Liberian Civil War ⓘ

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Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Second Liberian Civil War → location → Nimba County ⓘ
First Liberian Civil War → location → Nimba County ⓘ
Prince Johnson → residence → Nimba County ⓘ
Bong County → borderedBy → Nimba County ⓘ
Grand Gedeh County → borders → Nimba County ⓘ
Krahn people → demographicsRegion → Nimba County ⓘ
Grand Bassa County → borders → Nimba County ⓘ
Gio people → regionInLiberia → Nimba County ⓘ
Moses Blah → region → Nimba County ⓘ
Sanniquellie → locatedIn → Nimba County ⓘ
Sanniquellie → isCountyCapitalOf → Nimba County ⓘ
Sanniquellie → governedBy → Nimba County local government ⓘ
linked to: Nimba County
Saclepea → locatedIn → Nimba County ⓘ
Saclepea → administrativeDivision → Nimba County ⓘ
River Cess County → borderedBy → Nimba County ⓘ
LAMCO → operatedIn → Nimba County ⓘ
Loguatuo → locatedInSubnationalEntity → Nimba County ⓘ
Ganta → locatedIn → Nimba County ⓘ
Gio → primaryLocation → Nimba County ⓘ
Mano → regionOfLiberia → Nimba County ⓘ
Tapeta → locatedIn → Nimba County ⓘ
Tapeta → administrativeDivisionOf → Nimba County district-level administration ⓘ
linked to: Nimba County
Gio language → region → Nimba County, Liberia ⓘ
linked to: Nimba County