Lushai Hills

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Lushai Hills is a hilly region in northeastern India, largely in present-day Mizoram, known as the traditional homeland of the Mizo people.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Lushai Hills canonical 20
Lushai Hills District 2
Mizoram hills 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
hill range
administrativeCenterHistorically Aijal (Aizawl)
linked to: Aizawl
alsoKnownAs Mizo Hills
associatedWithEvent Lushai Expedition (1871–1872)
averageElevation approximately 1000–1300 metres
borderWith Bangladesh
Myanmar
climate humid subtropical climate
colonialPowerInHistory British Empire
country India
culturalRegionOf Mizo Hills region
linked to: Mizo Hills
drainedBy Khawthlangtuipui (Karnaphuli) River
Tlawng River
Tuirial River
economyActivity horticulture
shifting cultivation (jhum)
timber and forest products
ethnicGroup Hmar people
Lai people
Mara people
Mizo people
highestElevation approximately 2157 metres
highestPointName Phawngpui (Blue Mountain)
linked to: Phawngpui peak
historicalAdministrativeUnit Lushai Hills District
linked to: Lushai Hills
languageSpoken Mizo language
laterBecame Mizoram Union Territory
linked to: Mizoram

Mizoram state
linked to: Mizoram
locatedIn Aizawl district
Champhai district
Lunglei district
Mizoram
Northeast India
majorReligion Christianity
namedAfter Lushai (Mizo) people
linked to: Lushai
partOf Patkai range
linked to: Patkai Bum
receives heavy monsoon rainfall
regionType tribal area
roadConnection National Highway 306
National Highway 54
significance core area of Mizo cultural identity
stateCapitalWithinRegion Aizawl
terrainType hilly
traditionalHomelandOf Mizo people
vegetationType subtropical forest
tropical evergreen forest
wasPartOf Assam Province (British India)
Assam state (post-independence)
linked to: Assam

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Mizo people associatedHills Lushai Hills
Tlawng River locatedIn Lushai Hills
Mizo District locatedIn Lushai Hills
Mizo District formerName Lushai Hills District
linked to: Lushai Hills
Phawngpui National Park partOf Lushai Hills
Jampui Hills partOf Lushai Hills
Mizos associatedWith Lushai Hills
Lunglei locatedInMountainRange Lushai Hills
Mara region Lushai Hills
Karnaphuli River sourceRegion Lushai Hills
Champhai locatedInRegion Lushai Hills
Lushai Hills historicalAdministrativeUnit Lushai Hills District
linked to: Lushai Hills
Kolasib district isPartOfRegion Lushai Hills
Mamit locatedInGeographicRegion Lushai Hills
Tlawng valley flowsThroughRegion Mizoram hills
linked to: Lushai Hills
Mamit district locatedInHills Lushai Hills
Blue Mountain mountainRange Lushai Hills
Lawngtlai district partOf Lushai Hills
Phawngpui Peak locatedIn Lushai Hills
subject linked to: Phawngpui peak
Phawngpui Peak mountainRange Lushai Hills
subject linked to: Phawngpui peak
Patkai-Chindwin system hasPart Lushai Hills
Aizawl district locatedOn Lushai Hills