Monrovia, capital of Liberia, at the confluence of the Saint Paul River and its tributary Mesurado in the Atlantic Ocean, (2008) 1.0 million residents.
Seat of a Catholic Archbishop, a Methodist and an Anglican Bishop; University (founded in 1862 as a college, since 1951 university), technical college, episcopal college, American cultural center, libraries, national museum, Africa museum. Monrovia is the main industrial location of Liberia (with an industrial zone at the free port created in 1975): oil refinery, chemical, cement, shoe, textile, wood, fish canning industry, coffee roasting plants, ice cream factories, liquor production, brewery. The port of Monrovia has ore piers (end point of two railway lines from the iron ore mining areas) and a free port; Export of rubber and wood. Robertsfield International Airport is 37 miles east of the city.
Monrovia was founded in 1822 by freed slaves from the USA as the City of Christ, renamed in 1824 after the American President J. Monroe in Monrovia; Badly destroyed in the civil war in the early 1990s.
City Profile
- Abbreviation: MPL
- Country: Liberia
List of Monrovia Acronyms
The most commonly used abbreviations for Monrovia is MPL which stands for Monrovia. In the following table, you can see all acronyms related to Monrovia, including abbreviations for airport, city, school, port, government, and etc.
City | Abbreviation | Meanings |
Monrovia | MPLSF | Monrovian Peoples Liberation Suicide Front |
Monrovia | MVTC | Monrovia Vocational Training Centre |
Monrovia | MHS | Monrovia High School |
Monrovia | MPL | Monrovia Public Library |