Buchanan, Laberiya

Buchanan, Laberiya
Buchanan (en)
Suna saboda	Thomas Buchanan (en)
Wuri
5°53′N 10°03′W
Ƴantacciyar ƙasa	Laberiya
Ƙasar Laberiya	Grand Bassa County (en)
Babban birnin	Grand Bassa County (en)
Labarin ƙasa
Altitude (en)	77 m
Bayanan tarihi
Ƙirƙira	1835

Buchanan ( Bassa ), wanda a da aka fi sani da Grand Bassa a wasu taswira, shine birni na uku mafi girma a Laberiya, yana kwance a kan Waterhouse Bay, wani ɓangare na Tekun Atlantika . A ƙidayar jama'a ta 2008, Buchanan tana da yawan jama'a 34,270. Daga cikin wannan, maza 16,984 ne da mata 17,286.

An sanya mata suna ne saboda Thomas Buchanan, ɗan uwan shugaban Amurka James Buchanan, kuma gwamnan Liberia na biyu. Ita ce kuma babban birnin gundumar Grand Bassa kuma tana da nisan 70 miles (110 km) kudu maso gabashin Monrovia, kusa da bakin kogin Saint John . Garin ya kasance mafaka a lokacin Yaƙin Basasa na Farko na Liberia, domin galibi ya tsere daga yaƙin. Kamun kifi muhimmin masana'antu ne a garin. Garin kuma yana da rairayin bakin teku da tafkuna da ke keɓe.

Tarihi

A watan Disamba na shekarar 1832, an kafa yankin Port Cresson a yankin da ake kira Buchanan ta hannun baƙaƙen Quakers daga ƙungiyoyin mulkin mallaka na New York da Pennsylvania. An kafa shi a matsayin matsuguni ga baƙaƙen da suka yi ƙaura daga Amurka. Masu hijirar sun sanya wa wurin suna don girmama Elliott Cresson, wani ɗan kasuwa a Philadelphia kuma wanda ya kafa Pennsylvania Colonization Society wanda ya ba da kuɗin tafiyarsu zuwa Laberiya.

Bayan wata guda, baƙaƙen Quakers na Ƙungiyar Mulkin Mallaka ta Matasa ta Pennsylvania suka kafa sabuwar masarautar da ake kira Bassa Cove. An haɗa masarautar Bassa Cove cikin Liberia a ranar 1 ga Afrilu, 1839.

A cikin mafi yawan shekarun 1850, yawan jama'ar Buchanan ya kasa ƙaruwa, saboda mace-macen sun fi yawa a lokacin haihuwa kuma ta hanyar ƙaura daga Amurka ne kawai al'umma ta iya guje wa raguwa mai yawa.

Tattalin Arziki

Buchanan ita ce tashar jiragen ƙasa mai tsawon mil 155 (kilomita 250) wadda ke kawo ma'adinan ƙarfe daga ma'adinai a Yekepa, gundumar Nimba . Kamfanin Ma'adanai na Liberia-Amurka-Swedish Minerals Company ( LAMCO ) ne ya gina layin dogo, yanzu haka (kamar yadda yake a shekarar 2012) kamfanin Arcelor Mittal ya sake farfaɗo da layin dogo. An kuma fitar da roba da man dabino daga tashar jiragen ruwa ta Buchanan. An buɗe masana'antar wanke ƙarfe da kuma yin pellet na farko a Afirka a Buchanan a shekarar 1968. Masana'antar ta lalace sosai a lokacin yakin basasar Liberia na farko. Stephen Ellis ya rubuta cewa a farkon shekarar 1994, ECOMOG "..sojojin Najeriya sun wargaza, kuma sun fitar da su zuwa ƙasashen waje a matsayin masana'antar da aka yi amfani da ita ko kuma a matsayin kayan aikin masana'antu na ƙarfe, wanda darajarsu ta kai kimanin dala miliyan 50", wanda ya kasance ba shi da matsala lokacin da ƙungiyar National Patriotic Front ta Liberia, wato Charles Taylor, ta mamaye tashar jiragen ruwa a baya. An ruwaito cewa daga baya an sayar da masana'antar a matsayin ƙarfe ga wani ɗan China da ya sayi ta a shekarar 2010.

Buchanan Renewable Energies, wani kamfani da ke Toronto, Kanada, wanda ke sarrafa guntun dankali daga gindin bishiyoyin roba zuwa man fetur, ya fara aiki a birnin.

Mutane masu shahara

• Marcus Andreasson (an haife shi a shekara ta 1978) shi ne ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ta ƙasar Ingila
• Dessaline Harris (1895–1966), lauya
• Daniel Edward Howard (1861–1935), Shugaban ƙasar Liberia na 16
• Joakim Sundström (an haife shi a shekara ta 1965), mai tsara sauti kuma mawaki

Duba kuma

• Filin Wasan Doris Williams
• Tashoshin jirgin ƙasa a Laberiya