Quardu Gboni District (also Quardu Bondi, Quardu Gbondi) is an administrative district of Lofa County in Liberia. In 2008, it had a population of 18,785.[1]
An 80-year long boundary dispute between Quardu Gboni and Voinjama districts, over land near the villages of Sarmodu and Selega, resulted in a moratorium being placed for the land in late 2018.[2] The dispute was eventually settled in 2020, with the border between the districts being the Daziza Creek.[3]
The district is predominantly Mandingo (99%) who are all Maliki Muslims. According to LISGIS 2008 report, the region is about a little over 33,000 hectares of land with over thirty human settlements. Barkedu is the largest town in the district.
Notable residents
- Edward Kesselly, politician who founded the Unity Party
- G. V. Kromah, resistance leader during the First Liberian Civil War
References
- ↑ 2008 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS (PDF) (Report). Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services. May 2009. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-03-08. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
- ↑ Kamara, Varney (May 2, 2019). "Land Dispute Driving Villages into Poverty in Lofa". New Narratives. Liberian Network. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
- ↑ Ndupellar, Johnson (September 2020). "At long last, 80 year old Boundary dispute is settled in Lofa County". Ministry of Internal Affairs. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
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