Buchanan

Buchanan, also previously known as Grand Bassa on some maps, is the third largest city in , lying on Waterhouse Bay, part of the Atlantic Ocean.
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  • Type: Town with 75,900 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Grand Bassa County, Liberia
  • Also known as: “Buchanan, Liberia”
  • Historically known as: “Fish Town”, “Grand Bassa”, and “Lower Buchanan”

Buchanan

Latitude
5.8813° or 5° 52′ 53″ north
Longitude
-10.0494° or 10° 2′ 58″ west
Population
75,900
Elevation
36 feet (11 metres)
IATA airport code
UCN
United Nations Location Codes
LR GBS, LR LOB, and LR UCN
Open location code
6CQFVXJ2+G6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2189927054
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2278158
Wiki­data ID
Q269222
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Buchanan” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بوكانان”
  • Armenian: “Բուչանան”
  • Asturian: “Buchanan”
  • Azerbaijani: “Byukenen”
  • Belarusian: “Б’юкенен”
  • Belarusian: “Б’юкенэн”
  • Breton: “Buchanan”
  • Cebuano: “Buchanan”
  • Chinese: “布坎南”
  • Czech: “Buchanan”
  • Danish: “Buchanan”
  • Dutch: “Buchanan”
  • French: “Buchanan”
  • German: “Buchanan”
  • Greek: “Μπιουκάναν”
  • Hebrew: “ביוקנן”
  • Italian: “Buchanan”
  • Japanese: “ブキャナン”
  • Korean: “뷰캐넌”
  • Lithuanian: “Biukenenas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Buchanan”
  • Persian: “بیوکانان، لیبریا”
  • Polish: “Buchanan”
  • Portuguese: “Buchanan”
  • Russian: “Бьюкенен”
  • Slovak: “Buchanan”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بوچانان، لیبریا”
  • Spanish: “Buchanan”
  • Swahili: “Buchanan, Liberia”
  • Swedish: “Buchanan, Liberia”
  • Swedish: “Buchanan”
  • Ukrainian: “Б’юкенен”
  • Ukrainian: “Бюкенен”
  • Urdu: “بیوکینن، لائبیریا”

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