Careysburg

▪ Liberia

      city, western Liberia, western Africa. It was first settled in 1859 by freed North American slaves (mainly from Barbados and the United States); the town, named for the Reverend Lott Carey (an American black who settled in Monrovia), is inhabited mainly by their descendants. The Voice of America (whose receiving station is at Brewerville 15 miles [24 km] west) has operated one of the most powerful radio stations in Africa at Careysburg since 1964, retransmitting programs to Africa, Central Europe, and the Middle East. Rubber and coffee farming are the major economic activities in the area. Pop. (latest census) 5,184.

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