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City profile · Liberia · Africa

Zwedru

Grand Gedeh County · Liberia
City population
38,269
#6
in Liberia
#14,517
worldwide
MonroviaZwedru
6.068, -8.136 · 295 km from Monrovia
City population
38,269
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Liberia
#6
of 16 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#14,517
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Liberia
0.7%
of the national population

About Zwedru

Zwedru is a city in Grand Gedeh County, Liberia with a population of 38,269. It is the 6th largest of the 16 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Liberia, and the 14,517th largest worldwide. It lies 295 km from Monrovia.

Position in Liberia
#6of 16
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Region
Grand Gedeh County
Distance to capital
to Monrovia
Elevation
221 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Monrovia
Coordinates
6.068, -8.136
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.

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All 16 in Liberia

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