Yekepa

Yekepa is a town in the Yahmein or of northern in , lying near the border. It was the base for Lamco's iron ore mining operation until it was destroyed in the First Liberian Civil War which lasted from 1989 to 1997.
Wikipedia
  • Town with 24,700 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 1,673 feet (510 metres)
  • Description: place in Nimba County, Liberia
  • Also known as
    “Lamco”
    “Lamco Community”

Yekepa

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Latitude
7.57531° or 7° 34′ 31″ north
Longitude
-8.54194° or 8° 32′ 31″ west
Open location code
6CVHHFG5+46
Open­Street­Map ID
node 321543658
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2272790
Wiki­data ID
Q3179587

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Urdu—“Yekepa” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “New Yekepa”
  • Chinese: “耶凯帕”
  • Chinese: “耶凱帕”
  • Danish: “Yekepa”
  • Dutch: “Yekepa”
  • French: “Yekepa”
  • Fulah: “Yekepa”
  • Greek: “Γιεκέπα”
  • Hebrew: “יקפה”
  • Irish: “Yekepa”
  • Italian: “Yekepa”
  • Japanese: “イェケパ”
  • Lithuanian: “Jekepa”
  • Polish: “Yekepa”
  • Portuguese: “Yekepa”
  • Swedish: “New Yekepa”
  • Urdu: “یکیپا”

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