By the mid-nineteenth century, settlers from Antioquia explored south in search of vacant land, and mines, to be acquired by degrees of effort and incorporated into the national economy.

The city of Líbano is the see of the Diocese of Líbano-Honda, created by Pope John Paul II on July 26, 1989, by the Bull "Ita Iam."

The town is at an altitude of 1,565 metres (5,135 ft) above sea level, putting it in the tierra templada, or temperate zone, of Colombia.

Also, the specialty coffees that come out of this municipality are exported to countries such as China, Japan, Korea, the United States, Spain, and England, among others.

In addition, it could be said that this is the municipality with the longest coffee history in Tolima, In the 1900s it had threshing machines that were headquarters of important companies in Europe, they were called “threshers”.