New Kru Town is a northwestern coastal suburb of

Monrovia Monrovia () is the capital city of the West African country of Liberia. Founded in 1822, it is located on Cape Mesurado on the Atlantic coast and as of the 2008 census had 1,010,970 residents, home to 29% of Liberia’s total population. As th ...

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Overview

New Kru Town is a northwestern coastal suburb of

, located on the north end of

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. It is the only borough in Liberia. The town grew as a planned "transplant" town of Old Kru Town after World War II when "Old Kru Town was evacuated for the development of a new breakwater for the new port with assistance from the Liberian government". Being located on the corner of the Atlantic Ocean and the

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estuary, fishing is an important source of income. A slum area, it has been subject to ethnic tensions.

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houses are built in precarious zones and in 2013, 200 homes were washed away by a high tide. In 2019 President

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appointed Tarpeh D. Carter as governor of New Kru Town, replacing Alice Weah. New Kru Town constitutes the Montserrado-16 electoral district.

Landmarks

An "imposing" church was built in New Kru Town in about 1975 by American missionaries. It also contains the Redemption Hospital and the multi-million dollar D. Tweh Memorial High School, "originally named in honor of

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before the 1980 coup". An avenue, Botoe Avenue, is named after Thomas Nimene Botoe.

Demographics

Greater Monrovia District - New Kru Town Borough highlighted

New Kru Town (or Zone Z100) is divided into 14 communities; Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services
"Population 2008, 2014 by County, District, Clan and Households, Liberia"
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References

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