Gbarnga

Liberia
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Also known as: Gbanga, Gbanka
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Gbanga or Gbanka

Gbarnga, city, north-central Liberia, West Africa, at the intersection of roads from Monrovia and northern Sierra Leone. A rural administrative and local trade centre, it has government and church secondary schools, several churches, and a mosque. Cuttington University College (Episcopalian) and Phebe Hospital are near Suakoko, 10 miles (16 km) west. Commercial poultry farming is a local activity, and eggs and chickens are marketed throughout the country. A rubber factory began operation in 1976 to semiprocess latex into crumb rubber. Pop. (2008) 56,986.