Chocolate City is a central-northern suburb of

Monrovia Monrovia () is the administrative capital city, capital and largest city of Liberia. Founded in 1822, it is located on Cape Mesurado on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast and as of the 2022 census had 1,761,032 residents, home to 33.5% of Liber ...

, the administrative capital and largest city in

Liberia Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to Guinea–Liberia border, its north, Ivory Coast to Ivory Coast–Lib ...

. It is located in the New Georgia Township. The suburb can be found on the outskirts of Monrovia, approximately away from the city itself. The area has a total population of just under 12,000.

Name

There are a number of theories as to how Chocolate City got its name. One is that Chocolate City got its name from a chocolate factory that was due to be built in the area that never was completed. Another local tale is that the area regularly smelled of faeces, and rather than name the source of the smell, the locals started calling it Chocolate City to make light of it.

History

During the

Second Liberian Civil War The Second Liberian Civil War was a civil war in the West African nation of Liberia that lasted from 1999 to 2003. The war was mainly caused by transition failures after the First Civil War, especially the peace-building process which would res ...

between the years of 1999–2003, the area was war-torn, and "rape, murder and plunder" happened every night in Chocolate City at the hands of soldiers, with the civilian population suffering greatly. Hundreds of thousands of refugees hid in churches, schools and houses and many thousands died. The area was badly affected by the

ebola Ebola, also known as Ebola virus disease (EVD) and Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF), is a viral hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates, caused by ebolaviruses. Symptoms typically start anywhere between two days and three weeks after in ...

epidemic in 2014.

Population

Chocolate City contains two communities, Chocolate City A and Chocolate City B. As of 2014 the population of Chocolate City A was estimated at 5,961 and the population of Chocolate City B at 6,025.Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services.
Population 2008, 2014 by County, District, Clan and Households, Liberia
'' Chocolate City A and Chocolate City B are part of the

Montserrado-13 Montserrado-13 is an electoral district for the elections to the House of Representatives of Liberia The House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the bicameral legislative branch of Liberia, and together with the Senate comprises the ...

electoral district.National Electoral Commission.
Montserrado County Electoral District No.13 2017
Retrieved 1 July 2025'' The area is known to contain slum settlements. Chocolate City contains the Elizabeth Blunt School and Francis Freeman Elementary School.

References

{{Reflist Communities of the Greater Monrovia District