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  1. Capital and port of Liberia; population
  2. (1985) 500,000. Industries include rubber,
  3. cement, and petrol processing. It was founded
  4. 1821 for slaves repatriated from the USA.
  5. Originally called Christopolis, it was named
  6. after US president James Monroe.
  7.