Administrative divisions of Liberia

[1] Under President Arthur Barclay's administration (1904–1912), a new system was established in response to British and French demands that the Liberian government effectively occupy the territory Liberia had claimed.

[5] [6] The Clans of Liberia were local political units created by the central government as part of its efforts to extend its authority and influence into the interior of the country.

[7]As the tier of administrative government beneath the districts of Liberia, the clan structure only loosely corresponded to historic local political entities.

[7] Under that system, indigenous Africans were regarded as corporate members of their respective groups rather than as individual citizens of Liberia.

The County Council, affirmed in the Budget Act of 2012, has now replaced informal town hall meetings and includes a broad representation of citizen groups, districts, chiefdoms and clans.