Key & Death Hole

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Key & Death Hole
Community
Country Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia
County Montserrado County
District Greater Monrovia
Township Congo Town
Population
 (2014) [1]
  Total7,407

Key & Death Hole is a community in the township of Congo Town, Greater Monrovia District, Liberia. [2] The community is located on the eastern, i.e. Old Road, side of the Spriggs Payne Airport. [3] The name Death Hole stems from massacres of the Liberian Civil War, occurring near the airfield in 1990. [3] An alternative name for the area is Tweh-Johnsonville, after Matthew Tweh and Rt. Gen. J. Samuel Johnson. [3]

As of 2014 the population of Key & Death Hole was estimated at 7,407. [1] Key & Death Hole is part of the Montserrado-10 electoral district. [2]

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