It lies in the Bomi Hills northwest of Monrovia and was an iron ore and diamond mining centre until it was largely destroyed in the First Liberian Civil War.

It is suspended midway between the peaks of the surrounding mountains which, with the sun’s reflection, give the lake its blue hue.

[2] The town is populated predominantly by the Gola ethnic group, which hails from Bomi County.

During the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa a treatment center was opened in the town with the assistance of the United States.

LMC built a hospital, schools, housing, and an electric generating plant.