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Manipur, India
Manipur was made a full fledged state of India in 1972.
It is situated on the eastern most part of India. It is bounded by
Myanmar on east and southeast, Nagaland on north, Assam on west
and Mizoram on the south. The state is
divided into nine districts.
The
altitude of above sea level ranges
between 781 meters to 2,020 meters. The geographical area of
Manipur is 22.327 sq. km of which 92% are hilly regions.
According
to the 2001 census the population is 23,88,634, having the density
of 107 per sq. km.
More than two-third of the population consists people called
Meitei who occupy the valley region and have a high level of formal
education. They are Hindu by faith. The rest of the population
live in the hilly
regions. These inhabitants are the Nagas and the sub-tribes of Mizo.
Agriculture is the prime occupation
of the people, which in almost all case does not reach the subsistence
level, monsoon rain is the deciding factor in the agriculture here.
They are
predominantly Christian. All together there are 29 Government
recognized tribes in Manipur which speak different Tibeto-Burman
dialects.
Varieties of fauna and flora are found, the climatic condition
varies from tropical to sub-alpine which allows for Manipur to sustain a
host of
rare plant and animals spices. For example the beutiful "Shiroi
Lily" which grows only at
Mt. Shirui's peak, and "Sangai" the dancing deer. Both are
unique as they are found in no other part of the world.
Manipur is also where the game "polo" was born.
This fact has been recently
acknowledge by the world. It is still widely played.
The
state is linked with the rest of the country by two National
highways as well as airlines.
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