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Harper was the capital of the Republic of Maryland, an independent country (1834–1857), the last component of modern Liberia.. Cape Palmas, the region of which Harper is the center, is one of the traditional hometowns of the Americo-Liberians, descendants of free people of color and freed slaves from the United States who settled in Liberia and declared it an independent country in 1847.
Maryland County is a county in the southeastern portion of Liberia. One of 15 counties that comprise the first-level of administrative division in the nation, it has two districts . Harper serves as the capital with the area of the county measuring 887 square miles (2,300 km 2 ). [ 2 ]
Counties of Liberia; ... County Capital Population (2022 Census) [1] Area ... Maryland: Harper: 172,202 886 sq mi (2,290 km 2) 2 1857 11 Montserrado:
Republic of Maryland. The Republic of Maryland (also known variously as the Independent State of Maryland, Maryland-in-Africa, and Maryland in Liberia) was a country in West Africa that existed from 1834 to 1857, when it was merged into what is now Liberia. The area was first settled in 1834 by freed African-American slaves and freeborn African ...
The Maryland ritual killings were a series of ritualistic murders that occurred around Harper, Maryland County, Liberia in the 1970s. The crimes have been regarded as "Liberia's most notorious ritual killing case" due to the number of murders, the involvement of high ranking government officials and their subsequent public executions.
Dr. Olu Q. Menjay. / 4.40021; -7.69655. William V. S. Tubman University, commonly known as Tubman University, is a public university located in Harper, Maryland County, Liberia. The university is named after William Tubman, the 19th President of Liberia . Founded in 1978 as the William V. S. Tubman College of Technology, the school originally ...
The city of Harper, Liberia (established 1835 by the Maryland State Colonization Society) extends to the northeast inland along the estuary of the Hoffman, providing a small harbor; the Hoffman Station settlement is on the right bank. The name Cape Palmas is generalized to indicate the entire surrounding region of Maryland County.
John F. Kennedy Medical Center [1] Jahmale Medical Solutions. Eternal Love Winning Africa Hospital. Redemption Hospital [1] [2] St. Joseph's Catholic Hospital [2] Cooper Adventist Hospital [3] MSF Pediatric Hospital. E. S. Grant Mental Health Hospital.