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Bensonville, city, northwestern Liberia. Bensonville is a marketing and commercial centre for the surrounding agricultural area. Prior to the outbreak of civil war in the 1990s, its industrial activity included the production of milled rice, sawn wood, soap, plastics, paints, furniture and fixtures, cement blocks, oils, processed fish, and confections. Bensonville’s proximity to Monrovia spurred its development. Pop. (2008) 520.

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