City profile · Liberia · Africa
Buchanan
Grand Bassa County · Liberia
City population
75,854
#3
in Liberia
#7,613
worldwide
5.877, -10.050 · 95 km from Monrovia
About Buchanan
Buchanan is a city in Grand Bassa County, Liberia with a population of 75,854. It is the 3rd largest of the 16 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Liberia, and the 7,613th largest worldwide. It lies 95 km from Monrovia.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Grand Bassa County
Elevation
11 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Monrovia
Coordinates
5.877, -10.050
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 16 in LiberiaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.