Grand Cape Mount County

, the capital of the county|left Portuguese explorer Pedro de Sintra discovered the area in 1461. The 300-foot-tall Cape Mount became the landmark for settlers in the region. Theodore Canot formed the settlement in 1840. The superintendent is Aaron Vincent. ==Geography==

Grand Cape County accommodates the national protected area of Lake Piso Reserve with an area of and the national plantation of Industrial Trial Pulpwood Plantation, which occupies an area of . The Western part of the county has coastal plains up to a height of above sea-level inward to a distance of . These plains receive very high rainfall ranging from to per year and receive longer sunshine with a humidity of 85 to 95 percent. It is swampy along rivers and creeks, while there are patches of savannah woodland. Rice and cassava interplanted with sugarcane are the major crops grown in the region. The northern or the upper part of the highland has tropical forest which is usually above the mean sea level. The regions receive a bimodal rainfall with a gap of two weeks in between. Cocoa, coffee, rubber, citrus oil, and palm are the most common crops in the region. ==Demographics==

As of 2008, the county had a population of 127,812: 65,679 male and 62,133 female. The sex ratio was 105.7 compared to 89.2 in the 1994 census. The number of households during 2008 was 18,143 and the average size of the households was 5.2. The population was 3.80 percent of the total population, while it was 3.70 percent in 1994. The county had an area of 1,846 sq mi and the density per square mile was 69. The density during the 1984 census stood at 43. Liberia experienced civil war during various times and the total number of people displaced on account of wars as of 2008 in the county was 44,486. The number of people residing in urban areas was 8,145, with 4,022 males and 4,123 females. The total number of people in rural areas was 118,931, with 61,657 males and 57,274 females. The total fraction of people residing in urban areas was 6.37 percent, while the remaining .093 percent were living in rural areas. The number of people resettled as of 2008 was 24,316 while the number of people who were not resettled was 2,897. The number of literates above the age of ten as of 2008 was 53,824 while the number of illiterates was 40,346 making the literacy rate 57.16 percent. The total number of literate males was 31,435 while the total number of literate females was 22,389. As of 2015, Grand Cape Mount's County Superintendent is Tenneh Simpson Kpadebah. Its five districts are (2008 population): Commonwealth District (6,884), Garwula District (29,371), Gola Konneh District (23,930), Porkpa District (40,921) and Tewor District (27,949). ==Economy==

As of 2011, the area of rice plantation was , which was 3.066 percent of the total area of rice planted in the country. The total production stood at 7400 metric tonnes. As of 2011, the number of Cassava plantations was 4000, which was 3.3 percent of the total area of Cassava planted in the country. The total production stood at 400 metric tonnes. The number of Cocoa plantations was 400, which was 1 percent of the total area of Cassava planted in the country. The number of rubber plantations was 770, which was 1.2 percent of the total area of Cassava planted in the country. The number of Coffee plantations was 380, which was 1.7 percent of the total area of Cassava planted in the country. As of 2008, the county had 2,686 paid employees, 13,695 self-employed people, 15,578 family workers, 4,868 people looking for work, 7,159 not working people, 13,840 people working in households, 36,350 students, 236 retired people, 1,621 incapacitated people, 1,929 part-time workers and 8,951 others, making the total working population of 106,913. ==Notable people from Grand Cape Mount==

• Lewis Penick Clinton, Bassa prince, and missionary ==See also==