New Kru Town is a northwestern coastal suburb of Monrovia, Liberia.
Overview New Kru Town is a northwestern coastal suburb of Monrovia, located on the north end of Bushrod Island. It is the only borough in Liberia.
The town grew as a planned "transplant" town of Old Kru Town after World War II when "Old Kru Town was evacuated for the development of a new breakwater for the new port with assistance from the Liberian government".- Being located where the Saint Paul River estuary meets the Atlantic Ocean, sea-fishing is an important source of income.
A slum area, it has been subject to ethnic tensions. Squatted houses are built in precarious zones and in 2013, 200 homes were washed away by a high tide. In 2019 President George Weah appointed Tarpeh D. Carter as governor of New Kru Town, replacing Alice Weah.Executive Mansion. "New Kru Town Gets New Governor" New Kru Town constitutes the Montserrado-16 electoral district.
Landmarks An "imposing" church was built in New Kru Town in about 1975 by American missionaries. It also contains the Redemption Hospital and the multi-million dollar D. Tweh Memorial High School, "originally named in honor of Tolbert before the 1980 coup".- An avenue, Botoe Avenue, is named after Thomas Nimene Botoe.
Demographics New Kru Town (or Zone Z100) is divided into 14 communities; CommunityInhabitants (2014 est.)No. of households (2014 est.)Bong Mines Bridge 5,5731,359Central New Kru Town5,8801,434Crab Hole 7,5321,837Duala Market 6,4051,562Duala Mombo Town-East8,7522,135Fundaye4,2591,039Lagoon East 5,4051,318Lagoon West5,5751,360Monboe Town West3,475848Nyuan Town6,6921,632Point Four7,3171,785Popo Beach A5,938 1,448Popo Beach B2,913710Tweh Farm8,6832,118Total:84,39920,585 Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services. "Population 2008, 2014 by County, District, Clan and Households, Liberia"
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