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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Longleng}}<br />
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'''Longleng District''' (Pron:/ˈlɒŋˌlɛŋ/) is one of the eleven districts of the [[India]]n state of [[Nagaland]]. It is the eighth least populous district in the country (out of [[Districts of India|640]]). The district is the home of the [[Phom Naga]]s, they are one of the major ethnic groups of Nagaland. Initially Longleng was under the district administration of Tuensang District but later on it was bifurcated as a separate district in January 2004.<ref name="districtcensus">{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | accessdate = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref><br />
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==Geography==<br />
Carved out of [[Tuensang district|Tuensang District]], Longleng is the tenth district of [[Nagaland]]. It is bordered by [[Mon district|Mon District]] to the east, [[Mokokchung district|Mokokchung District]] to the west and Tuensang District to the south. The district's headquarters is at [[Longleng]], which is located at an altitude of about 1,066 m above sea level. Tamlu and Longleng are the major towns of the district. Its main river is the [[Dikhu River]].<br />
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==Demographics==<br />
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Longleng District has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 50,484,<ref name="districtcensus"/> roughly equal to the nation of [[Saint Kitts and Nevis]].<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | accessdate = 2011-10-01 | quote = <br />
Saint Kitts and Nevis 50,314 July 2011 est.<br />
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 632nd in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> Longleng has a [[sex ratio]] of 903 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 73.1%.<ref name=districtcensus/><br />
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Phom is the main language spoken here.<br />
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==Banking facilities in Longleng==<br />
List of banks functioning in Longleng.<br />
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*[[State Bank Of India]], Longleng<ref>{{cite web |url=https://indianbankifscmicrbranchdetails.c12.in/page.php?ifsc=SBIN0005838 |title=STATE BANK OF INDIA, LONGLENG}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://longleng.nic.in/ Official website]<br />
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{{Geographic location<br />
|Centre = Longleng district<br />
|North = [[Sibsagar district]], [[Assam]]<br />
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|East = [[Mon district]]<br />
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|South = [[Tuensang district]]<br />
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|West = [[Mokokchung district]]<br />
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{{Districts of Nagaland}}<br />
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[[Category:Longleng district| ]]<br />
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