Hmuifang

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Hmuifang
Hmuifang Mountain Side.jpg
Hmuifang Mountainside
Highest point
Elevation 1,619 m (5,312 ft)
Coordinates 23°27′00″N92°45′28″E / 23.449889939713874°N 92.75768633477064°E / 23.449889939713874; 92.75768633477064
Geography
Hmuifang
Location Aizawl District, Mizoram, India
Parent range Lushai Hills
Geology
Rock age around 10th BC
Mountain type volcanic eruption

Hmuifang is a tourist spot about 50 km from Aizawl, Mizoram, India. With an elevation of 1,619 metres, [1] the mountain is covered with forest reserves since all the Mizo Chief's time. [2]

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History

Hmuifang Tourist resort has been built right on the former land of Lallianvunga the erstwhile chief who used to rule over the villages in the mountain. [3] Hmuifang is also the source of Tuirial River.

Thalfavang Kut

Thalfavang Kut, a Mizo festival is being regularly being held in Hmuifang organized the Tourism Department of Mizoram to promote Tourism. [4] Different Mizo dances like Cheraw, Sawlakai, Siktuithiang lam and Chheihlam [5] are showcased in the festival. [6]

See also

Tourism in Mizoram

References

  1. "Mountain in Mizoram". mizoram nic in. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  2. "HMUIFANG TOURIST RESORT". Govt of Mizoram. Archived from the original on 18 December 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  3. Patawrawt. "Hmuifang tlang ah lawn ru". misual.com. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  4. "V Purushothaman Keen to Build Mizoram Tourist Destination". Northeast Today. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  5. "Thalfavang Kut hawn a ni". Ralvengtu. Retrieved 24 August 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
  6. "GOVERNOR IN THALFAVANG KUT A HMANPUI". DIPR Mizoram. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2012.