Mesurado River

Mesurado River is a river of . It flows through the capital of and is crossed by the , built in the 1970s.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Liberian National Museum and Gabriel Tucker Bridge.

Museum
The National Museum of Liberia is a national museum in , . Initially housed in the First Executive Mansion on Ashmun Street of the city which is now used as a library, it was established by an Act of the National Legislature in 1958 under the administration of Liberia's 18th President, Dr William V.S.

Bridge
The formerly the People's Bridge, is a bridge over the Mesurado River in , . It was built between 1972 and 1976. The construction caused some minor disruption to local settlements and the had to be relocated in the mid-1970s to make room for its construction.

Government office
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is a government office.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Clara Town and West Point.

Suburb
is a slum located on in , the capital of . It is built upon a swamp. was one of several ethnic communes that was squatted in the outskirts of Monrovia.

Suburb
is a township of the capital city of , located on a 0.53 km2 peninsula which juts out into the Atlantic Ocean between the Mesurado and rivers.

is the capital, and with a population of around 1.6 million, also the largest city in . The city center is the image of a tropical capital, melting in the hot sun.

Mesurado River

Latitude
6.32833° or 6° 19′ 42″ north
Longitude
-10.80222° or 10° 48′ 8″ west
Open location code
6CRF85HX+84
Geo­Names ID
2274985
Wiki­data ID
Q1107151
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Satellite Map

Discover Mesurado River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Mesurado River” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Ríu Mesurado
  • Chinese: 梅苏拉多河
  • Chinese: 梅蘇拉多河
  • Croatian: Mesurado
  • Danish: Mesuradofloden
  • Dutch: Mesurado River
  • French: Mesurado River
  • Fulah: Fedde Mesurado
  • German: Mesurado River
  • Hausa: Kogin Mesurado
  • Irish: Abhainn Mesurado
  • Italian: Mesurado
  • Japanese: メスアルド川
  • Japanese: メスラド川
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Mesurado
  • Ukrainian: Месурадо
  • Welsh: Afon Mesurado

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Westpoint and Vai Town.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Providence Island and Monrovia Bay.

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mesurado River”. Photo: NASA, Public domain.