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{{Short description|Village in Arunachal Pradesh, India}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Longphong<ref>{{cite web |title=Longphong village |url=https://vill.co.in/arunachal-pradesh/tirap/longding-254016900/longphong-016902645330/ |website=vill.co.in |access-date=12 July 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
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| settlement_type = Village
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| pushpin_map = India Arunachal Pradesh#India
| pushpin_map_caption = Map of Arunachal Pradesh
| coordinates = {{coord|26.77808|95.282257|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Arunachal Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Tirap district|Tirap]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Tehsil]]
| subdivision_name3 = Longding
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 1174
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Wancho language|Wancho]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 786631
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| blank_name_sec1 = [[Census of India|Census]] code
| blank_info_sec1 = 264533
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| pushpin_map_alt = Tirap district
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'''Longphong''' is a census village in Longding circle of [[Tirap district]] in [[Arunachal Pradesh]], [[India]].<ref>{{Cite book |title=Arunachal Pradesh District Gazetteers |publisher=Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh |year=1978 |location=Shillong |pages=231 |language=en}}</ref> Longphong is 78 km from [[Khonsa]], the district headquarters. In the [[2011 Census of India]], it had a population of 1,174 people including 493 males and 681 females.<ref>{{cite web |title=Longphong Population |url=https://www.indiagrowing.com/Arunachal_Pradesh/Tirap/Longding/Longphong |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712133534/https://www.indiagrowing.com/Arunachal_Pradesh/Tirap/Longding/Longphong |url-status=usurped |archive-date=July 12, 2022 |website=IndiaGrowing |access-date=12 July 2022}}</ref> Longphong is mainly populated by [[Wancho Naga|Wancho]] tribal people.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mann |first=Rann Singh |title=Tribal Cultures and Change |last2=Mann |first2=K |publisher=Mittal Publications |year=1989 |isbn=9789990056730 |location=New Delhi, India |pages=271 |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Arunachal: Laichat Paul Wangpan becomes first Wancho to be Army officer |url=https://nenow.in/north-east-news/arunachal-pradesh/arunachal-laichat-paul-wangpan-becomes-first-wancho-to-be-army-officer.html |access-date=12 July 2022 |publisher=Northeast Now |date=13 June 2020}}</ref>

Longphong has a disturbance of poppy cultivation<ref>{{cite news |title=Poppy fields destroyed in Longding |url=https://arunachaltimes.in/index.php/2021/04/17/poppy-fields-destroyed-in-longding/ |access-date=12 July 2022 |publisher=The Arunachal Times |date=17 April 2021}}</ref> and militancy activities.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kalantri |first1=Rishu |title=Arunachal MLA murder: NSCN (IM) militant wanted by NIA arrested |url=https://www.eastmojo.com/news/2020/05/14/arunachal-mla-murder-nscn-im-militant-wanted-by-nia-arrested/ |access-date=12 July 2022 |work=EastMojo |publisher=EastMojo |date=14 May 2020}}</ref>

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