The Quardu Gboni District is the newest of the seven administrative districts of
Lofa County 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 its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...
. The district is predominantly
Mandingo (99%) who are all
Maliki Muslims. According to LISGIS 2008 report, the region is about a little over 33,000 hectares of land with over thirty human settlements. Some eminent citizens that hail from the District include the late
Edward Kesselly
Dr. Edward Binyah Kesselly was a minister in the Cabinet of William R. Tolbert, Jr. in Liberia. During the late 1970s, he headed the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications;Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. ''Annual Report of the Minist ...
, founding father of Liberia current ruling party (
Unity Party),
G. V. Kromah
Alhaji Garxim Varmuyan Kromah (11 February 1953 – 18 January 2022) was a Liberian journalist, writer, politician, and former warlord and leader of the ULIMO faction during the First Liberian Civil War, Liberian Civil War. He was a moderate Musl ...
, Esq. a former resistance leader, a renowned veteran journalist, lawyer and a writer, Mariamu Beyan Fofana, current lawmaker of the district.
Barkedu is the largest and most populous town in the district which was currently declared a township through legislation by the effort of Hon. Fofana. The current representative as well as Prof. Kromah hails from Tusu Town, the District's second largest and second most populated settlement only surpassed by Barkedu.
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Districts of Liberia
Lofa County