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Years of fighting, coupled with the flight of most businesses, have disrupted formal economic activity. A still unsettled domestic security situation has slowed the process of rebuilding the social and economic structure of this war-torn country. President TAYLOR, who won the 1997 presidential elections after an eight-year-long civil war, was never able to fully eliminate rebel groups that sought to oust him by force. Rebel attacks on Monrovia, coupled with two years of UN-imposed sanctions for TAYLOR'S meddling in Sierra Leone's civil war, finally prompted TAYLOR'S abdication from power in August 2003. A transitional government - composed of rebel, government, and civil society groups - assumed control in October 2003. Chairman Gyude BRYANT, who has a two-year mandate to oversee efforts to rebuild Liberia, heads the new government..
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Capital Maryland : |
Monrovia .
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| Climate Maryland :
| tropical; hot, humid; dry winters with hot days and cool to cold nights; wet, cloudy summers with frequent heavy showers .
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| Life expectancy Maryland :
| 47.93 years .
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| Fertility rate Maryland :
| 6.16 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| Government Maryland :
| republic .
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| Population Liberia :
| 3,390,635 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Area Total Liberia :
| 111,370 sq km .
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| Telephones Main Lines In Use Liberia :
| 7,000 (2001) .
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| Telephones Mobile Cellular Liberia :
| 2,000 (2001) .
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| International Country Code Maryland :
| 231.
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