page_title: Grand Gedeh County
section_title: Demographics
hierarchical_section_title: Grand Gedeh County / Demographics
caption_attribution_description: English: Exhibit in the Brooklyn Museum - Brooklyn, New York, USA. This artwork is in the public domain because the artist died more than 70 years ago. Photography was permitted in the museum without restriction.
context_page_description: Grand Gedeh is a county in the eastern portion of the West African nation of Liberia. One of 15 counties that constitute the first-level of administrative division in the nation, it has three districts. Zwedru serves as the capital with the area of the county measuring 10,484 square kilometres. As of the 2008 Census, it had a population of 126,146, making it the ninth most populous county in Liberia. Grand Gedeh has lower tropical forests which has mid size hills composed of various valleys and water courses. These forests receive a very high rainfall ranging from 3,000 mm to 4,100 mm per year.
  Grand Gedeh's County Superintendent is Kai Farley. The county is bordered by Nimba County to the west, Sinoe County to the southwest, and River Gee County to the southeast. The northern part of Grand Gedeh borders the nation of Côte d'Ivoire.
context_section_description: In the 1984 Census, the county had a population of 63,028 people. The county is home to large Muslim and Ivorian populations. As of 2008, the county had a population of 125,258: 64,994 male and 60,264 female. The sex ratio was 107.8 compared to 96.3 in 1994 census. The number of households during 2008 was 8,969 and the average size of the households was 6.8. The population was 3.00 per cent of the total population, while it was 3.60 per cent in 1994. The county had an area of 4,191 sq mi and the density per sq.mi was 30. The density during the 1984 census stood at 15. Liberia experienced civil war during various times and the total number of people displaced on account of wars as of 2008 in the county was 81,624. The number of people residing in urban areas was 41,673, with 20,696 males and 20,977 females. The total number of people in rural areas was 83,585, with 44,298 males and 39,287 females. The total fraction of people residing in urban areas was 33.27 per cent, while the remaining 067 per cent were living in rural areas. The number of people resettled as of 2008 was 4,508 while the number of people who were not resettled was 263. The number of literates above the age of ten as of 2008 was 19,297 while the number of illiterates was 19,758 making the literacy rate to 49.41. The total number of literate males was 12,513 while the total number of literate females was 6,784.
caption: Divination object in the county
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