Geographys

Liberia’s county flags

Fifteen counties, every one of them flying Liberia’s own flag in the canton, with the local landscape in the rest.

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Liberia’s counties share one rule: the national Lone Star flag goes in the top corner. The rest of each flag is a small picture of the county, its mountains, rivers, trees and coast, which makes them some of the most literal flags anywhere.

The coast

  • Flag of Grand Cape Mount

    Grand Cape Mount

    A green mountain on white, inside a green border.

  • Flag of Bomi

    Bomi

    A disc of trees on a hill, on purple.

  • Flag of Montserrado

    Montserrado

    Blue and red diagonals, with trees and a house in a disc. It holds Monrovia, the capital.

  • Flag of Margibi

    Margibi

    Green over red, with an emblem in a blue and white disc.

  • Flag of Grand Bassa

    Grand Bassa

    Dark blue, with a band of red and white stripes.

  • Flag of Rivercess

    Rivercess

    A palm and a rising sun on white, between blue stripes.

  • Flag of Sinoe

    Sinoe

    A green cross on white.

  • Flag of Grand Kru

    Grand Kru

    A palm on white, between green and yellow stripes.

  • Flag of Maryland

    Maryland

    A palm and the Cape Palmas lighthouse. It was once the separate Republic of Maryland, which joined Liberia in 1857.

The interior

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