Bopolu

Region

The village Bopolu, still called in the 19th century Bopora, located in the western part of the country of the West African Republic of Liberia, is 90 km in a straight line northeast of the capital Monrovia. Bopolu is since 2001 the capital of the economically dominated by mining and agriculture Gbarpolu County, the area previously belonged to the northern border of Lofa County. The city is also the administrative center of Bopolu Bopolu District. There is an outpost of the UN Mission to Liberia on site. Even in the 19th century made ​​Bopolu the power center of a confederation of indigenous West African peoples Gola, Loma, Dei and Vai, which was referred to as "Kingdom of Atonement Bopolu " and emerged in the trade in slaves, ivory and European imported goods. King Bosan or Sao Boso (1775-1836) appeared several times as an influential mediator in land acquisitions of the Mississippi Colonization Society in appearance. The relatively sparsely populated County after the Civil War was a center of remaining in the land of civil war refugees. In the surroundings of the town Bopolu resulted in several refugee camps, which are supervised by the UN and aid agencies.

The population of the city was Bopolu 2908 inhabitants at the reporting date (2008).

The technical infrastructure is located in the reconstruction, this concerns the transport buildings destroyed in about 50 or in danger of collapsing bridges. There is still not a secondary road connecting the capital, Monrovia branch to Tubmanburg. The place also has a landing strip for small planes; a hospital and several schools have been rebuilt.