Chocolate City
Suburb
Chocolate City is located in Liberia
Chocolate City
Chocolate City
Location in Liberia
Coordinates: 6°19′57″N 10°45′26″W / 6.33250°N 10.75722°W / 6.33250; -10.75722
Country Liberia
CountyMontserrado County
DistrictGreater Monrovia
Population
 (2014)[1]
 • Total11,986
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Chocolate City is a central-northern suburb of Monrovia, Liberia. It is located in the New Georgia Township.[2] Chocolate City contains the Elizabeth Blunt School and Francis Freeman Elementary School.[3][4]

During the Second Liberian Civil War in 1999–2003, the area was war torn,[5] and "rape, murder and plunder" happened every night in Chocolate City.[6] Hundreds of thousands of refugees hid in churches, schools and houses and many thousands died.[6]

Chocolate City contains two communities, Chocolate City A and Chocolate City B. As of 2014 the population of Chocolate City A was estimated at 5,961 and the population of Chocolate City B at 6,025.[1] Chocolate City A and Chocolate City B are part of the Montserrado-13 electoral district.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services. Population 2008, 2014 by County, District, Clan and Households, Liberia Archived 2020-07-13 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b National Electoral Commission. Montserrado County Electoral District No.13 2017
  3. ^ "A school named after me". BBC. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  4. ^ "Liberian Journal No 11". Society of African Missions. 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  5. ^ Gbowee, Leymah; Mithers, Carol (13 September 2011). Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War. Beast Books. p. 170. ISBN 978-0-9842951-5-9. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  6. ^ a b "A year after Liberia's bloody civil war". The Scotsman. 11 July 2004. Retrieved 28 April 2012.


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