Gardnersville

Gardnersville
Town and suburb
Gardnersville

Location in Liberia

Coordinates: LR 6°20′31″N 10°44′0″W / 6.34194°N 10.73333°W / 6.34194; -10.73333Coordinates: LR 6°20′31″N 10°44′0″W / 6.34194°N 10.73333°W / 6.34194; -10.73333
Country  Liberia
County Montserrado County
District Greater Monrovia
Time zone GMT (UTC+0)

Gardnersville or Gardnesville is a town and central-northern suburb of Monrovia, Liberia. It is often considered part of Samie Town and Barnesville; the boundaries are unclear. Gardnersville is the area to the east of Chocolate City but it is better known as a suburb in its own right. Barnesville contains the Ministry of Agriculture and the National Transport Authority headquarters.[1]

During the Liberian Civil War, the area was war torn and thousands of refugees hid in buildings in Gardnersville and Chocolate City.[2][3] On 20 October 1992, two American nuns from the Precious Blood order were ambushed by soldiers of the National Patriotic Front of Liberia and murdered and had their vehicle stolen.[4] In 1993 the situation became so bad that the suburb became inaccessible.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Maps (Map). Google Maps.
  2. ↑ Huband, Mark (30 June 1998). The Liberian Civil War. Psychology Press. p. 214. ISBN 978-0-7146-4785-2. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  3. ↑ "A year after Liberia's bloody civil war". The Scotsman. 11 July 2004. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  4. ↑ Corsun, Andrew (1995). Significant Incidents of Political Violence Against Americans. United States. Dept. of State. Bureau of Diplomatic Security, DIANE Publishing. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-4289-6569-0. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  5. ↑ Economist Intelligence Unit (Great Britain) (1993). Country report: Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia. The Unit. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
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