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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Clara Town”, “West Point, Monrovia”, and “Westpoint”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Liberian National Museum and Gabriel Tucker Bridge.
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.
Gabriel Tucker Bridge
Bridge
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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.
Vatican Embassy
Government office
The Apostolic Nunciature to Liberia is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Liberia. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador.
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.
Sinkor
Suburb
Sinkor is a section of the Monrovia metropolitan area in Liberia. The United Nations Mission in Liberia has its headquarters in Sinkor. Embassies, health facilities, and educational institutions, and non-governmental organizations are also in Sinkor. Sinkor is situated 3 miles southeast of West Point.
West Point
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Montserrado County, Liberia, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
6.32711° or 6° 19′ 38″ northLongitude
-10.80618° or 10° 48′ 22″ westElevation
26 feet (8 metres)Open location code
6CRF85GV+RGOpenStreetMap ID
node 2996007975OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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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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