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

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ