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Copyvio[edit]

Some of the text appeared to be copyvio from here: [1], although after my editing, it appears that not much remains. I would encourage people to look with a critical eye. - FrancisTyers · 21:21, 10 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Monrovia City Corporation[edit]

Does the Monrovia City Corporation have a website? What are it's boundaries? Are they the same as the boundaries for Greater Monrovia District? --Criticalthinker (talk) 09:47, 18 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Anyone have an answer to this? --Criticalthinker (talk) 10:39, 27 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Is there a Monrovia City apart from and subordinate to the government of Greater Monrovia District? Or is the entire Greater Monrovia District simply governed as a city, and they are in effect one-and-the-same? This is a really simple questions, but one I've not been given an answer to by anyone. Are the borders/boundaries Monrovia City and Great Monrovia District coterminous? --Criticalthinker (talk) 19:13, 16 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It's taken over 9 years, but after digging and digging and digging, I was able to find most of the answers to my questions. It appears administratively that the district is divided into 16 zones, which are further divided into 161 communities. My question about them is whether the zones have appointed officials and if they have any official roles in administering from the national government, or if they are simply used for statistical purposes? It also appears that municipally, there are in fact local governments overlayed over these zones and communities. There appears to be 2 cities which have their own mayors and city councils, and then 10 "local authorities" (9 townships and 1 borough) that have less power than the two cities in that they seem to be mostly governed from the Ministry of Internal Affairs with the local government seeming to have an advisory role, mostly. Since there are only 12 local governments yet 16 zones, it sounds like some of the townships probably cover more than one zone or at least cover parts of multiple zones. Without a map showing this overlay, however, I have no idea. I was also unable to find the name of one zone and one township; if anyone can find out which ones I missed, please add them.

Finally, I've come to understand that the Greater Monvoria District is fairly unique in the country in that it doesn't have a district-level of governance. That all seems to have been devolved to the municipal layer and level of governance, and they are directly accountable to the County Superintendent as opposed to a district official. So, while the Monrovia City Corporation actually provides most of the services and such in the district, it is actually not the only local government in the district, which means that it's not a replacement for the government of the Greater Monvoria District, nor are the boundaries of the two entities coterminous.

With all of this nailed down, my only interest left is understanding the administrative and municipal divisions in the rest of the country outside of Greater Monrovia District (i.e. how are clans divided? who appoints the clan officials and the officials below that? When a city overlays a clan, are their two-types of local officials, or do the city mayors/councils take the place of the clan officials?), and then also seeing map of the municipal and administrative divisions within Greater Monvoria District and then seeing if there are land area statistical for the local governments and zones. --Criticalthinker (talk) 01:49, 2 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Criticalthinker, the coverage of the MCC is clear from the electoral district divisions, available here: http://www.electionpassport.com/files/LR/2011/Montserrado.pdf . Essentially the MCC's territory proper is just Montserrado-7 (minus West Point), Montserrado-8 and Montserrado-9. The MCC territories are divided in both wards and communities. However, the MCC has activities in the townships as they provide some municipal services there. I think the 16 zones is a dead end, seemingly this is only a way to structure the census (see https://www.lisgis.net/pg_img/Population%202008,%202014%20by%20County,%20District,%20Clan%20and%20Households,%20Liberia%20260914.pdf ), I don't think they have any administrative role. I did a map (File:Greater Monrovia District blank.png) of the city corporations, townships and borough of Greater Monrovia District. The map isn't very good, but gives a bit of an idea. Notably the wetlands in the middle doesn't seem to belong to any particular municipal structure. --Soman (talk) 16:30, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Page displays oddly.[edit]

The "Geography" section appears to be visually skewered, and some text is covered by images. Can someone fix this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.190.152.7 (talk) 06:16, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Albany, NY[edit]

The city name on the info section is Albany, NY. The dot on the map shows Albany, NY as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.203.19.139 (talk) 16:31, 6 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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More info should be added to the Economy, Government, and Education section as they are only one or two sentence paragraphs. More sources should be used. -- _Hdt83 ^Chat 22:21, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Johnsonville?[edit]

Is Johnsonville part of the Greater Monrovia District? - the Monrovia and Greater Monrovia District articles say so as of now. But https://www.lisgis.net/pg_img/Population%202008,%202014%20by%20County,%20District,%20Clan%20and%20Households,%20Liberia%20260914.pdf indicates that Johnsonville township is located in Commonwealth District. But to confuse further, LISGIS includes 2 communities that are seemingly part of Johnsonville in its Greater Monrovia District tally (Rock Hill and City View). --Soman (talk) 18:27, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Communities listing[edit]

I created Communities of the Greater Monrovia District, based on https://www.lisgis.net/pg_img/Population%202008,%202014%20by%20County,%20District,%20Clan%20and%20Households,%20Liberia%20260914.pdf and http://www.electionpassport.com/files/LR/2011/Montserrado.pdf . However, there are some discrepancies.

https://www.lisgis.net/pg_img/Population%202008,%202014%20by%20County,%20District,%20Clan%20and%20Households,%20Liberia%20260914.pdf and https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/LBR_BM_Monrovia_Communities_A3.pdf seems to correspond quite well. I'll refer to these two refs as 'LISGIS (2014)' and the electoral map ref as 'NEC (2011)'
Notably NEC (2011) carries a disclaimer that the boundaries aren't necessarily endorsed by Govt of Liberia. The electoral maps from 2017 carry the same disclaimer.
Dixville and Dixville Water Side??? - LISGIS (2014) makes no mention at all of Dixville township, but this township clearly exists as the President appointed a commissioner for it. Per NEC (2011) Dixville is consisting of Dixville A and Dixville B, but that Dixville Water Side is in Caldwell township. The LISGIS (2014) has Dixville Water Side in same location, and this seems to match with other google results.
Upper and Lower Caldwell??? - NEC (2011) has Lower Caldwell A and Lower Caldwell B communities, but no "Upper Caldwell" community. LISGIS (2014) has no "Lower Caldwell" community, but a Upper Caldwell instead community (detached in two parts, separated by Dixville A). At least one of the refs are wrong, perhaps both? From other references, it appears that "Lower Caldwell" relates to the western parts of Caldwell. I've gone by LISGIS (2014) here, but it's seems quite sketchy.
St. Michael community??? - NEC (2011) clearly show a St. Michael community of Gardnesville township but part of Election District 13. LISGIS (2014) has no St. Michael community, the area is part of J.E. Marshall. Now, [2] mentions that district 13 includes a part of Gardnesville (...but missing that district 13 includes two communities from Garwolon township). https://frontpageafricaonline.com/politics/montserrado-district-13-petitions-edward-flomo-to-replace-saah-joseph/ mentions St. Michael community as part of district 13.
LISGIS (2014) has 2 places named "Free Port Development". But NEC (2011) calls the one in Clara Town as "Free Port Community", I've used the this differentiation.
Per NEC (2011) Rock Hill and City View are part of Johnsonville township. LISGIS (2014) seems to include the 2 communities in Paynesville. Other google hits seems to imply that Rock Hill and City View could be in Johnsonville... LISGIS (2014) has Johnsonville township in the neighbouring Commonwealth District, but other refs imply that it is in Greater Monrovia. Notably the zonal divisions LISGIS (2014) is using has no Z1500... (and this would presumably be Johnsonville as Z1400 is Bardnesville and Z1600 is Caldwell).

--Soman (talk) 22:42, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Santa[edit]

I hope Santa brings me presents 204.111.130.202 (talk) 23:22, 24 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Have you seen santa[edit]

Have you seen Santa 2601:153:4100:C9C:D1F6:6F95:2EDF:94DA (talk) 23:23, 24 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]