Kiphire district
Kiphire District | |
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Kiphire District of Nagaland | |
| Nickname: Land of Minerals | |
Kiphire District in Nagaland | |
| Country | India |
| State | Nagaland |
| Headquarters | Kiphire |
| Government | |
| • Lok Sabha Constituency | Nagaland |
| • MP | Tokheho Yepthomi, NDPP |
| • Assembly constituencies | 2 constituencies |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Sh. T. Wati Aier, (NCS) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,130 km2 (440 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 896 m (2,940 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 74,004 |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 69.54% |
| • Sex ratio | 956 ♀/ 1000 ♂ |
| Languages | |
| • Official | English |
| • Spoken | Sangtam, Sümi, Chirr, English, Yimkhiungrü |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-NL-PE |
| Major highways | NH 202 |
| Website | kiphire |
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Kiphire District (Pron:/ˈkɪfɑɪə/) is a district in the Indian state of Nagaland and the native home of the Sangtam Nagas. At 1,130 square kilometres (440 sq mi), the district is the tenth-most populous district of Nagaland as of 2011. It was carved out of Tuensang district becoming a district in 2004 along with Longleng district. Headquartered at Kiphire town, the district is 230 kilometres from state-capital Kohima.