Sanniquellie

Region

Sanniquellie, in African languages ​​also Sangbui, Sanokole or Sanokwele, is the capital of Nimba County in Liberia, West Africa. There are about 11,900 inhabitants, a large part of the population is Muslim.

The city Sanniquellie located in the north of Liberia, near the border with Guinea and the Ivory Coast. The city has a railway connection and an airport, it is supply center of the mining region of Nimba Mountains, about 20 kilometers north. In the region there are regional stations of the Firestone plantation, rice farmer, also growing vegetables and fruits: peppers, cucumbers, corn, cassava, potatoes, tomatoes, peanuts, pineapples, limes, tangerines, grapefruits, oranges, bananas, plantains, mangoes, plums are significant. Among the craft include car repairers, carpenters, fitters, plumbers, bakers, bricklayers, tailors and hairdressers. Largest company in the city is the Jungle Water Group. The city is base of UN aid agencies and therefore has a good infrastructure. In the city are next to a kindergarten, a primary and secondary school and an agricultural training center. In the city, 1959, the President of Liberia, Guinea and Ghana met for an informal meeting and discussed the establishment of a political organization for the African continent, at the meeting, the " birthplace " of the OAU is a monument in the city center ( Yekepa Parking) recalls. The destroyed in the civil war by the units of the Warlords Thomas G. Quiwonkpa GW Harley Memorial Hospital was rebuilt with the support of Doctors Without Borders and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Three listed Palaverhäuser where 1959 withdrew the President to internal deliberations were also burned during the fighting. The former radio station was destroyed in the war.

Among the attractions of the place, the Church, the Mosque of Saniquellie and the OAU monument and the former Queen's Theatre is one.