Medziphema

Medziphema
Town
Country	India
Area
• Total	17 km2 (7 sq mi)
Population	13,225

Medziphema is a sub-division in Dimapur district, Nagaland state, India. and was formerly known as Ghaspani which literally would mean 'water from the plant/tree'. Even now it is commonly used by people of this region to refer to this locality and around. Medziphema Town and Medziphema Village are situated few kilometers apart, the village stands on a hill top to the north of the near-valley Town. It is located 44 km from the Capital City of Kohima and 33 km from Dimapur. National highway no. 39 runs right through the Town area.

Medziphema spreads over a very wide beautiful landscape and its altitude is about 360 m above the sea level. It is neither a hill nor a valley and it gently slope down towards the southern region from the north-eastern side of the town. This town actually represents an interface of the Hilly Nagaland and the valleys as the actual hill region more or less starts after this town as we move up towards Kohima and it overlooks the valley of Dimapur district. The temperature during summer ranges between 28-32 °C and winter from 10 to 15 °C. The total population of this town is around 9,000-10,000.

Other villages in and around Medziphema Town are Pherima, Phiphema, Molvom, Jhornapani, Kukidolong, Khaibung, Serima, Vihokhu, Zuikhu, New Shouba, Razaphema, Tenyiphe I, Tenyiphe Ii etc. Medziphema Pin Code is 797106

The population is a conglomerate of all the tribes of Nagaland. Angami, the tribe that solely inhabit Medziphema Village dominates even the Town area and may consist close to 40-45% of the population. Other major inhabitants includes the tribes of Lotha, Sema, Ao, Chakhesang, Kuki, Rengma and Nepali and to a lesser extent the tribes of Zeliangrong, Pochury, Sangtam, etc. . Most of these tribes have their own tribal churches which forms the fundamental structure of the society along with the Hohos ( the Tribal Unions).

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