Bomi Hills

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Bomi Hills is a mineral-rich highland region in western Liberia historically known for its significant iron ore deposits and mining operations.

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Label Occurrences
Bomi Hills canonical 3

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Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf highland region ⓘ
iron ore mining area ⓘ
associatedWith Liberian iron ore boom ⓘ
foreign mining concessions ⓘ
connectedBy railway to the port of Monrovia ⓘ
country Liberia ⓘ
economicActivity iron ore extraction ⓘ
ore processing ⓘ
rail transport of ore ⓘ
environmentalImpact abandoned pits and waste dumps ⓘ
landscape alteration from open-pit mining ⓘ
exportDestination Europe ⓘ
United States ⓘ
geologicalFeature iron-rich lateritic hills ⓘ
hasNaturalResource diamond ⓘ
gold ⓘ
iron ore ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfMajorActivity 1950s ⓘ
1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
mid-20th century ⓘ
influenced development of infrastructure in western Liberia ⓘ
growth of Tubmanburg as a mining town ⓘ
knownFor being one of Liberia’s earliest major iron ore mining sites ⓘ
iron ore deposits ⓘ
open-pit iron ore mining ⓘ
locatedIn Bomi County ⓘ
western Liberia ⓘ
locatedNear Tubmanburg ⓘ
miningMethod open-pit mining ⓘ
oreGrade high-grade iron ore (historically) ⓘ
oreType hematite-rich ore ⓘ
iron ore ⓘ
partOf Mano River region (broadly defined) ⓘ
regionType mineral-rich highlands ⓘ
significance important site in the history of Liberia’s mining industry ⓘ
major contributor to Liberia’s export earnings during peak mining years ⓘ
status largely inactive iron ore mining area in recent decades ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bomi County → namedAfter → Bomi Hills ⓘ
Tubmanburg → formerName → Bomi Hills ⓘ
Tubmanburg → near → Bomi Hills ⓘ