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Geography of Liberia

Liberia is considered to be a large nation because of its total area. Its total land area is 111,369 km² (approx. 43,000 mi²). Continental shelf of Liberia is approximately 17,715 km² (around 6,840 mi²). Liberia is located in Africa. Africa is the world’s second-largest and second-most populous continent. African countries include, but are not limited to, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Egypt. Liberia has 3 neighbouring countries. Its neighbours include Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Sierra Leone. Liberia is not a landlocked country. It means that is is bordered by at least one major body of water. The average elevation range of Liberia is 243 m (797 ft).

Neighbors
Total length of land borders of Liberia is 1667 kilometers (~644 miles). Liberia shares its land borders with 3 different countries, and has the same number of unique land boundaries to neigbouring territories. As in the case of Liberia, if a country has the same number of unique neighboring territories as number of land borders, than that country has no non-contiguous sections of a land border. This is in contrast to several countries that have multiple non-contiguous sections of land borders. Liberia has 3 neighbouring countries. Its neighbours include Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, and Sierra Leone. The lengths of the land borders of Liberia with its neighbouring countries are as follows:

Guinea - 563 km (350 mi),
Côte d'Ivoire - 716 km (445 mi),
Sierra Leone - 306 km (190 mi).
Cities
The capital city of Liberia is Monrovia. The largest city in Liberia is Monrovia.

Elevation
The average elevation range of Liberia is 243 m (797 ft). The highest point of Liberia is Mount Wuteve, with its official height being 1440 m (4,725 ft). The lowest point of Liberia is Atlantic Ocean. The elevation difference between the highest (Mount Wuteve) and lowest (Atlantic Ocean) points of Liberia is 1440 m (2 ft).

Area
The total land area of Liberia is 111,369 km² (approx. 43,000 mi²). and the total exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is 249,734 km² (~96,422 mi²). The continental shelf of Liberia is approximately 17,715 km² (around 6,840 mi²). Including land mass and EEZ, the total area of Liberia is approximately 361,103 km² (~139,422 mi²). Liberia is considered to be a large nation because of its total area.

Forest and arable land
31,540 km² of Liberia's territory is covered in forests, and forest land comprises 28% of all the land in the country. There are 3,304 km² of arable land in Liberia, and it comprises 3% of the country's total territory.

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