Panguma

[1] The village had previously been the capital of Mende chief Nyagua during the 19th century.

The community includes a Catholic hospital, partially supported by missionary work and charity.

[2][3] In 1972, a nosocomial outbreak of Lassa Fever in the Panguma Catholic Hospital attracted attention in the United States.

[4] The village was attacked on March 12, 1994, as part of the Sierra Leone Civil War, killing many of the missionaries working at the hospital.

[3] A nearby land concession positively led to diamond retrieval in 2006.