Lungwa

{{Short description|Village in India and Myanmar}}

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| subdivision_name1 = Northeast India and Northwestern Myanmar

| subdivision_name2 = Nagaland and Sagaing Region

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| population_total = 6703{{cite web|url=https://www.indiagrowing.com/Nagaland/Mon/Phomching/Longwa|title=Longwa Population|website=www.indiagrowing.com|access-date=2 August 2023}}

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Lungwa, also known as Longwa, is a Konyak Naga village located in India and Myanmar (Burma) that straddles both sides in the Mon District of the Indian state of Nagaland and

the Naga Self-Administered Zone of the Sagaing Region of Myanmar.{{cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/viral/residents-of-this-nagaland-village-are-granted-dual-citizenship-because-a-part-of-it-lies-in-myanmar-article-96929246|title=Residents of this Nagaland village are granted dual citizenship because a part of it lies in Myanmar|date=12 January 2023|website=Times Now|access-date=15 February 2023}}

The Lungwa Angh's house is situated in the middle of the border of India and Myanmar. One half of the Angh's house falls within Indian territory, whereas the other half lies under Myanmar control. However, the whole village is controlled by the Angh. He has 60 wives and he rules over 60 villages of the Konyaks extending up to Myanmar and Arunachal Pradesh.

Transportation

The village has a road connecting it to Loji Village in Myanmar's Sagaing Division, that also provides access to the larger Tatmadaw military towns of Lahe and Yengjong in Myanmar.{{cite web|first=Rajeev|last=Bhattacharyya|url=https://thewire.in/education/nagaland-myanmar-education-employment|title=From Mon in Nagaland to Myanmar, Schoolkids Cross the Border For a Better Future|date=25 September 2016|website=The Wire|access-date=15 February 2023}}

See also

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