Virginia, Liberia

Virginia is a town in Montserrado County, a western suburb of Monrovia near the northern bank of the Saint Paul River in Liberia. It was originally called New Virginia and was established by the American Colonization Society as a settlement for African American emigrants from the United States. The town was the site of the historic 1979 Organisation of African Unity conference at Hotel Africa, hosted by President William R. Tolbert, Jr. just months before he was overthrown by Samuel Doe. During the Second Liberian Civil War, rebels used Virginia as a launch point in the 2003 assault on Monrovia.