Noney district (
Meitei pronunciation: /nō-né/
) is a new district in
Manipur
Manipur () ( mni, Kangleipak) is a state in Northeast India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. It is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west. It also borders two regions of Myanm ...
, India, created by bifurcating erstwhile
Tamenglong district
Tamenglong district ( Meitei pronunciation:/tæmɛŋˈlɒŋ/) is one of the 16 districts of Manipur state in northeastern India.
History
In 1919, the British Government established four sub-divisions office in Manipur Hills known as North East ...
.
The district headquarters is located in Longmai.
Sub-divisions
The following are the sub-divisions in Noney district:
*
Longmai
*
Nungba
Nungba (originally "Lwangba") is a small town surrounded by low-lying hill ranges and rivers, an extension of the eastern Indian Himalayas. The highest point of Nungba "Ramphaan But" which means "Viewpoint" stands high at the centre of the town. ...
*
Khoupum
*
Haochong
Demographics
Majority of the residents are ethnic
Rongmei Naga with a large
Inpui Naga minority in Haochong subdivision.
Rongmei language
Rongmei is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Rongmei Naga community in Northeast India. It has been called Songbu and is close to Zeme and Liangmai. The language has been nomenclatured as "Ruangmei" and studied as a First Language paper ...
is the most commonly spoken language with few
Inpui,
Chiru
The Tibetan antelope or chiru (''Pantholops hodgsonii'') (, pronounced ; ) is a medium-sized bovid native to the northeastern Tibetan plateau. Most of the population live within the Chinese border, while some scatter across India and Bhutan in ...
,
Gangte
Gangte is an ethnic group mainly living in the Indian state of Manipur. They belong to the Zo people and are parts of the Kuki or under Mizo tribe and are recognised a tribe of Manipur, India. They are also indigenous inhabitants of Mizoram, ...
and
Thado speakers.
See also
*
List of populated places in Noney district
The Noney district of Manipur state has 4 subdivisions. It was created in 2016: at the time of the 2011 Census of India, it was a part of the Tamenglong district.
Subdivisions
The Noney district has four subdivisions:
* Haochong
* Khoupum
* L ...
Notes
References
Districts of Manipur
Minority Concentrated Districts in India
2016 establishments in Manipur
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