Lawngtlai
Sign in to saveLawngtlai is a town located in the southern part of Mizoram, India. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Lawngtlai district and is home to the Pawi people, also known as the Hakha Chin people. Lawngtlai celebrates a variety of indigenous festivals, such as the Hlukhla Kut, similar to that of the Chapchar Kut celebrated elsewhere in the state.
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Place details
- Region
- Mizoram
- Country
- India
- Population
- 20,830
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Lawngtlai
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Lawngtlai Areopagi.jpg
- Settlement.image_size
- 200
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Mizoram#India
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- India
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Mizoram
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Lawngtlai
- Settlement.established_date
- 1880
- Settlement.founder
- Haihmunga Hlawncheu
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_total
- 20,838
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Lawngtlai district
- Elevation
- 689
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Capital of
- Lawngtlai district
- Image
- Lawngtlai Areopagi.jpg
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- inception
- 1880-00-00
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Lawngtlai is a town located in the southern part of Mizoram, India. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Lawngtlai district and is home to the Pawi people, also known as the Hakha Chin people. Lawngtlai celebrates a variety of indigenous festivals, such as the Hlukhla Kut, similar to that of the Chapchar Kut celebrated elsewhere in the state.
==History== Lawngtlai village was established by Haihmunga Hlawncheu, a Lai Chief, in 1880 at the place known currently as Vengpui. It was named after he seized a boat drifting down the Kaladan river, and literally means "seized boat" in Lai.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lawngtlai” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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