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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{For|the administrative units|Naga Hills District (disambiguation){{!}}Naga Hills District}}<br />
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[[File:Angami 1723b.jpg|thumb|right|The Naga Hills are the traditional homeland of the [[Naga people]].]]<br />
The '''Naga Hills''', reaching a height of around {{convert|3825|m|ft|0}}, lie on the border of [[India]] and [[Burma|Burma (Myanmar)]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2020}} They are part of a complex mountain system, and the parts of the mountain ranges {{Citation needed|date=February 2020}} inside the [[States and territories of India|Indian state]] of [[Nagaland]] and the [[Administrative divisions of Burma|Burmese]] [[Naga Self-Administered Zone]] are called the Naga Hills. The highest point of the Naga hills is [[Mount Saramati]] (3826 m).<br />
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==Etymology==<br />
The term "Naga" refers to the [[Naga people]], who were called "Naga" or "Naka" in the [[Burmese language]], meaning "people with pierced ears".<ref>Shimray, R. R. (1985), ''Origin and Culture of Nagas'', Pamleiphi Shimray, New Delhi, page 41, {{OCLC|14819323}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
In [[British India]], the major part of the hills came under the [[Naga Hills District, British India|Naga Hills District]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2020|reason=administratively, large parts of the Naga Hills area that you define did not come under the British administration control and did not come under Naga Hills District; they were classified unadministered}} A part of the Naga Hills under the [[British India]] control was coalesced into a district in 1866.<ref name="Inato_cultural">{{cite book | title = A Re-discovery and Re-building of Naga Cultural Values | author = Inato Yekheto Shikhu | publisher = Daya Books | year = 2007 | isbn = 978-81-89233-55-6 | pages = 53–55 }}</ref> The boundaries of the [[Naga Hills District, British India|Naga Hills District]] were gradually expanded by annexation of the territories of several Naga tribes, including the [[Ao Naga|Aos]] (1889), the [[Sema Naga|Semas]] (1904) and the [[Konyak Naga|Konyaks]] (1910).{{Citation needed|date=February 2020}} In 1912, the district was made part of [[Assam]] province. Following the [[Partition of India]], it was merged with the [[Tuensang district|Tuensang Division]] to create the state called [[Nagaland]] in 1963.<ref name="BDatta_reorg">{{cite book | title = Reorganization of North-East India since 1947 | author = B. Datta-Ray, S. P. Agrawal | year = 1996 | publisher = Concept | isbn = 978-81-7022-577-5 | page = 6 }}</ref><br />
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==Geology: national geological monument==<br />
{{anchor | Nagahill Ophiolite Site | Ophiolite }}<br />
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'''[[Nagahill Ophiolite Site]] (NHO)''' near Pungro in [[Kiphire district]] of Nagaland has been declared a [[List of National Geological Monuments in India|National Geological Monument of India]] by the [[Geological Survey of India]] (GSI), for their protection, maintenance, promotion and enhancement of [[geotourism]].<ref name=gsi1>{{Cite web |url=http://www.portal.gsi.gov.in/portal/page?_pageid=127,529542&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL |title=National Geological Monument, from Geological Survey of India website |access-date=21 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170712055947/http://www.portal.gsi.gov.in/portal/page?_pageid=127,529542&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL |archive-date=12 July 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="gsi2">{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137573|title=Geo-Heritage Sites|date=2016-03-09|website=pib.nic.in|publisher=[[Press Information Bureau]]|access-date=2018-09-15}}</ref><ref name=gsi3>[http://naturalheritage.intach.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Geoheritage-Monograph.pdf national geo-heritage of India], [[Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage|INTACH]]</ref> These are the [[Ophiolite|ophiolitic]] rocks of [[mantle (geology)|mantle]] and [[oceanic crust]] percentage at the [[Indian Plate|Indian continental plate]] [[Plate_tectonics#Types_of_plate_boundaries|margin]]. These are a mixture of [[Mesozoic]] and subsequent [[Cenozoic]] rocks, i.e. [[Igneous rock|magmatic]], [[Metamorphic rock|metamorphic]] and [[Sedimentary rock|sedimentary]] rocks.<ref name="ne1" >[https://journalsofindia.com/gsi-lists-geo-tourism-sites-in-north-east/ GSI lists geo-tourism sites in North east], Journals of India, August 24, 2021.</ref><br />
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The Naga Hills, due to their complexity and position, forms a natural barrier between the two countries. The Naga Hills are part of the [[Arakan Mountains|Arakan Range (Rakhine Range)]], which to the north rise to 12,552 feet.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Haflong Thrust]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120207053642/http://www.rothwell.force9.co.uk/burmaweb/geography.htm Burma - Geography]<br />
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=p42GnZ5nLHYC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books, ''The Physical Geography of Southeast Asia'']<br />
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