West Point
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.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Suburb
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “West Point, Monrovia” and “Westpoint”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Providence Island and Liberian National Museum.
Providence Island
Islet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.
Liberian National Museum
Museum
Photo: Jforest59, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National Museum of Liberia is a national museum in Monrovia, Liberia. 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.
Edward J. Roye Building
Public building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Monrovia and Clara Town.
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.
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.
West Point
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Montserrado County, Liberia, West Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
6.32727° or 6° 19′ 38″ northLongitude
-10.8059° or 10° 48′ 21″ westElevation
26 feet (8 metres)Open location code
6CRF85GV+WJOpenStreetMap ID
node 2996007975OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to South Azerbaijani—“West Point” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “蒙羅維亞西點”
- Dutch: “West Point, Monrovia”
- French: “West Point”
- German: “West Point”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “West Point”
- Norwegian: “West Point”
- South Azerbaijani: “وزت پوینت، مونروویا”
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