Official Name: | Bopolu |
Pushpin Map: | Liberia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Liberia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Liberia |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Gbarpolu County |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Bopolu District |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2008 |
Population Total: | 2908 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 7.0667°N -10.4875°W |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | Am |
Bopolu is the capital city of Gbarpolu County, Liberia, and is located 100 kilometers north of Monrovia. As of the 2008 census, Bopolu has a population of 2908. Of this, 1547 were male and 1361 female.[1]
Bopolu was once the center of the Kondo Confederation, which included the Dei, Gola, Lorma, and Vai tribes. The area surrounding Bopolu reached its height of prominence under King Bosan. Traders sent slaves, ivory, gold, and camwood were to the Vai and Dei tribes in exchange for salt, tobacco, guns, and European cloth.[2]
Cultivation of rice and cassava is now Bopolu's main economic activity.