New Kru Town


New Kru Town is a northwestern coastal suburb of Monrovia, Liberia located on the north end of Bushrod Island. It is the only borough in Liberia.
The town grew as a planned "transplant" town of Old Kru Town after World War II when "Old Kru Town was evacuated for the development of a new breakwater for the new port with assistance from the Liberian government". Being located on the corner of the Atlantic Ocean and the Saint Paul River estuary, fishing is an important source of income.
A slum area, it has been subject to ethnic tension.

Government

In 2019 President George Weah appointed Tarpeh D. Carter as Governor of New Kru Town, replacing Alice Weah.
New Kru Town constitutes the Montserrado-16 electoral district.

Demographics

New Kru Town is divided into 14 communities;
CommunityInhabitants No. of Households
Bong Mines Bridge5,5731,359
Central New Kru Town5,8801,434
Crab Hole7,5321,837
Duala Market6,4051,562
Duala Mombo Town-East8,7522,135
Fundaye4,2591,039
Lagoon East5,4051,318
Lagoon West5,5751,360
Monboe Town West3,475848
Nyuan Town6,6921,632
Point Four7,3171,785
Popo Beach A5,9381,448
Popo Beach B2,913710
Tweh Farm8,6832,118
Total:84,39920,585

Notable landmarks

An "imposing" church was built in New Kru Town in about 1975 by American missionaries. It also contains the Redemption Hospital and the multi-million dollar D. Tweh Memorial High School, "originally named in honor of Tolbert before the 1980 coup". An avenue, Botoe Avenue, is named after Thomas Nimene Botoe.