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Foya City
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Overview
Foya is a town in the Foya District of Lofa County, Liberia. Located 66 kilometers from Voinjama, it is home to the Kissi-speaking tribes of Liberia. Foya shares border with Sierra Leone and Guinea; it is the major trade link for the people in the far north of Lofa County. Hon William T. Kamba is the district commissioner of Foya.
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History
In October 2001 at least eight civilians were killed by LURD forces near Foya. The town is served by Foya Airport. The Ebola virus epidemic in Liberia started in Foya in March 2014 with two cases.
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- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image