Chocolate City | |
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Suburb | |
Coordinates: 6°19′57″N 10°45′26″W / 6.33250°N 10.75722°W | |
Country | ![]() |
County | Montserrado County |
District | Greater Monrovia |
Population (2014)
[1] | |
• Total | 11,986 |
Time zone | UTC+0 ( GMT) |
Chocolate City is a central-northern suburb of Monrovia, Liberia. It is located in the New Georgia Township. [2] Chocolate City contains the Elizabeth Blunt School and Francis Freeman Elementary School. [3] [4]
During the Second Liberian Civil War in 1999–2003, the area was war torn, [5] and "rape, murder and plunder" happened every night in Chocolate City. [6] Hundreds of thousands of refugees hid in churches, schools and houses and many thousands died. [6]
Chocolate City contains two communities, Chocolate City A and Chocolate City B. As of 2014 the population of Chocolate City A was estimated at 5,961 and the population of Chocolate City B at 6,025. [1] Chocolate City A and Chocolate City B are part of the Montserrado-13 electoral district. [2]