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The Lainong people, also known as the Lainong Naga, are a Tibeto-Burmese ethnic group that mostly resides in Naga Self-Administered Zone in Myanmar. They are one of the major Naga ethnic group of Myanmar and mostly inhabiting the Lahe and Hkamti Townships in Myanmar.
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- ↑ S. R. Tohring (2010). Violence and identity in North-east India: Naga-Kuki conflict. Mittal Publications. pp. xv–xvii. ISBN 978-81-8324-344-5.
- ↑ "NAGAS IN MYANMAR: PEOPLE OF THE FORGOTTEN LAND | morungexpress.com". morungexpress.com.
- ↑ Aung, Oliver Slow, Win Zar Ni (7 August 2019). "Nagaland: making peace in a divided homeland". Frontier Myanmar.
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