Lungwa

Lungwa
Village
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Coordinates: 26°39′41″N 95°13′11″E / 26.661379°N 95.219849°E / 26.661379; 95.219849
Country India and  Myanmar
RegionNortheast India and Northwestern Myanmar
State/DivisionNagaland and Sagaing Region
District/Sub-divisionMon District and Naga Self-Administered Zone
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
6,703[1]
 • Dialect
Konyak
Websitenagaland.nic.in

Lungwa, also known as Longwa, is a Konyak Naga village located in India and Myanmar (Burma) that straddles both sides in the Mon District of the Indian state of Nagaland and the Naga Self-Administered Zone of the Sagaing Region of Myanmar.[2]

The Lungwa Angh's house is situated in the middle of the border of India and Myanmar. One half of the Angh's house falls within Indian territory, whereas the other half lies under Myanmar control. However, the whole village is controlled by the Angh. He has 60 wives and he rules over 60 villages of the Konyaks extending up to Myanmar and Arunachal Pradesh.

Transportation

The village has a road connecting it to Loji Village in Myanmar's Sagaing Division, that also provides access to the larger Tatmadaw military towns of Lahe and Yengjong in Myanmar.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Longwa Population". www.indiagrowing.com. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Residents of this Nagaland village are granted dual citizenship because a part of it lies in Myanmar". Times Now. 12 January 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  3. ^ Bhattacharyya, Rajeev (25 September 2016). "From Mon in Nagaland to Myanmar, Schoolkids Cross the Border For a Better Future". The Wire. Retrieved 15 February 2023.