Vai Town
Vai Town is a quarter in Montserrado County, Liberia. Vai Town is situated nearby to the neighborhood Buah Yard, as well as near the suburb West Point.Places of Interest
Highlights include Providence Island and Gabriel Tucker Bridge.
Providence Island
Islet
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Providence Island was the site of the first successful settlement of American freedmen by the American Colonization Society in Liberia. It has been proposed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site by the government of Liberia.
Gabriel Tucker Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Gabriel Tucker Bridge formerly the People's Bridge, is a bridge over the Mesurado River in Monrovia, Liberia. It was built between 1972 and 1976. The construction caused some minor disruption to local settlements and the Liberian National Museum had to be relocated in the mid-1970s to make room for its construction.
Edward J. Roye Building
Public building
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The Edward J. Roye Building is a wrecked skyscraper on Ashmun Street in the commercial district of Monrovia, the capital city of Liberia. It was named the "E.J.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Point and Clara Town.
West Point
Suburb
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West Point is a township of the Liberian capital city of Monrovia, located on a 0.53 km2 peninsula which juts out into the Atlantic Ocean between the Mesurado and Saint Paul rivers.
Clara Town
Suburb
Clara Town is a slum located on Bushrod Island in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia. It is built upon a swamp. Clara Town was one of several ethnic communes that was squatted in the outskirts of Monrovia.
Monrovia
Photo: whiteafrican, CC BY 2.0.
Monrovia is the capital, and with a population of around 1.6 million, also the largest city in Liberia. The city center is the image of a tropical capital, melting in the hot sun.
Vai Town
- Type: Quarter
- Category: locality
- Location: Montserrado County, Liberia, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
6.32481° or 6° 19′ 29″ northLongitude
-10.80113° or 10° 48′ 4″ westElevation
20 feet (6 metres)Open location code
6CRF85FX+WGOpenStreetMap ID
node 2996008212OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterGeoNames ID
2273358
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