Barclayville

Barclayville
Barclayville
	View from Catholic and Evangelical compounds at the edge of Wakpeken looking towards Topor
	Barclayville Location in Liberia
	Coordinates: 4°40′47″N 8°14′2″W / 4.67972°N 8.23389°W
Country	Liberia
County	Grand Kru County
Population (2008)
• Total	2,733
Climate	Af

Barclayville is the capital and most populous settlement in

Na River. Roads from Kanweaken to the northwest, Pleebo to the southeast, and to Picinicess and Grand Cess

to the southeast, all intersect at Barclayville.

In March 2006 the United Nations reported completion of the Na River bridge at Barclayville, connecting the Kanweaken and Pleebo roads for the first time.^[2]

History

The modern jurisdiction of Barclayville was created by the administration of President

chiefdoms, were in periodic conflict. The villages of Seetor, Kayeken and Wakpeken and their "suburbs" are on the northwest side of the Na river, while Topor

is on the opposite south bank across from Wakpekan.

Despite the town's large size, most structures are traditional mud-and-stick homes. As of the mid-1980s, when the township was organized, few had running water or electricity. Kplio (a dialect of Grebo) is the primary language of the residents, but English is the official language of instruction in the schools.

The regional

Baptist, and a variety of other evangelical congregations. Most of population also follows local animist practices

.

Prior to the Liberian Civil War, much of the male adult population were on government payroll employed as teachers, employees of the courts, or serving as government officials or civil service staff. Upland rice farming is the primary occupation of most adults.

Each village lays claim to large areas of communal land that extend several miles inland from the town. They carry out

cows, sheep, goats and chickens

.

In June 2005 the UN Integrated Regional Information Regional Network reported that the roads leading to Barclayville had decayed during the years of civil war and become overgrown by dense bush. They were impassable except by foot.

References

^ "2008 National Population and Housing Census: Preliminary Results" (PDF). Government of the Republic of Liberia. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
^ "Ellen Dedicates George Bush Bridge". The Analyst. 27 April 2006. Archived from the original on 4 November 2006. Retrieved 20 October 2008.

[census2008-1] "2008 National Population and Housing Census: Preliminary Results" (PDF). Government of the Republic of Liberia. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2012.

[2] "Ellen Dedicates George Bush Bridge". The Analyst. 27 April 2006. Archived from the original on 4 November 2006. Retrieved 20 October 2008.

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History

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References