Tubmanburg

Region

Tubmanburg is a town and administrative center in Liberia. It is the capital of Bomi County.

Location

The city is situated on the edge of the Bomi Hills about 70 kilometers north-northwest of the provincial capital Monrovia and is part of the Senjeh District.

Population

The population consists mainly of Gola, Vai, Kpelle and Mandinka. At the last census in 2008 counted 13,114 residents of the place.

Religion

About 70 percent of the population of Liberia committed to traditional Natureligionen, 20 percent ( with increasing tendency) are Muslims and ten percent ( mainly in the coastal region ) are Christians. In Tubmanburg currently outweigh the Muslims.

History

The original name of the settlement to have been Vai Town. The area belonged to after the founding of Liberia for the Bomi Territory and was initially populated by rubber growers and collectors. Since the 1920s, Liberia's natural resources have been exploited by mining companies over Tubmanburg the Mano River Railway was built in the 1950s. Since that time the sponsored in the Bomi Hills ore was transported via the railway to Port Freeport Monrovia. In the Liberian Civil War, the city suffered greatly. In the last phase of the fighting, the rebel LURD had taken the city in July 2002 and defeated the 700 fighters stationed there by government forces. A part of the population not fled was drafted to strengthen the LURD troops, the city has now been used as a base of operations for the march on the capital, Monrovia. Previously were still about 5,000 civilians fled towards the capital. Also located outside the city Tubmanburg Government Hospital was attacked and looted. Currently ( 2010) the city is not connected to the electricity network, the rail line is shut down. A befindlicher on the northern outskirts mining is now flooded and is now called Blue Lake.