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Saclepea

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Total population

15,000

Coordinates6.96°, -8.84°
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Saclepea is a city in Nimba County, Liberia, wwith more than 12,000 citizens in 2008. Saclepeans are predominantly from the native Mah tribe, and they speak the Mano dialect. During Liberia’s civil war, Saclepea was a primary recruiting and training area for child soldiers, many of whom still reside in the city. Now, Saclepea hosts one of Liberia’s regional offices of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. A camp for refugees from the neighboring country of Côte d’Ivoire is situated on the outskirts of town.

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6.9638
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-8.8409
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  • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image