{{Short description|Autonomous District Council in Mizoram state, India}}
{{distinguish|Maryland}}
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[[File:Maraland map physical.gif|thumbnail|right|Map of Maraland]]
[[File:Maraland map physical.gif|thumbnail|right|Map of Maraland]]
'''Maraland''' is a region in the southeastern part of [[Mizoram]] state, [[India]], referring not to a political or district name but specifically to the area inhabited by the [[Mara people]]. The region is one of the three [[Autonomous administrative divisions of India|Autonomous District Councils]] in the state. The [[Mara Autonomous District Council]] government is headed by Chief Executive Member, currently by Puhpa N. Zakhai, a veteran Congress politician.
'''Maraland''' is a region in the southeastern part of [[Mizoram]] state, [[India]]. The region is one of the three [[Autonomous administrative divisions of India|Autonomous District Councils]] in the state.
==Religion==
All ethnic [[Mara people|Maras]] are [[Christians|Christian]], mostly [[evangelicalism|evangelical]]. With the arrival of Reverend and Mrs. [[Reginald Arthur Lorrain]] in 1907 who had had earlier founded [[James Herbert Lorrain#Lakher Pioneer Mission|Lakher Pioneer Mission]] in [[Penge]], South London in 1905, within a decade the Maras had accepted Christianity. Because the missionaries were from a [[congregational]] background, the newly founded church in Maraland was unaffiliated. The current [[Evangelical Church of Maraland|Evangelical Church of Maraland, India]] and the [[Mara Evangelical Church]], Myanmar were one before the [[partition of India]].
Major religious denominations in Maraland include the Evangelical Church of Maraland (ECM), [[Congregational Church of India (Maraland)]], Lairam Isua Krista Baptist Kohhran (LIKBK), [[The Salvation Army in India|Salvation Army]], [[Presbyterian Church of India]], [[Baptist Church of Mizoram]], [[United Pentecostal Church in India|United Pentecostal Church]], [[Seventh-day Adventist Church in India|Seventh Day Adventist]], and Isua Krista Kohhran.
==Facts and figures==
*Area: c.1,800 km²
*Population: 56,574 (2011)
**Sub-tribes:
***[[Tlosaih people|Tlosaih]]
***[[Hawthai]]
***[[Zyhno]]:
***Chapi:
***[[Vytu]]:
**Religion:
***Christian: 100%
*Capital: [[Siaha]] (population 25,000)
==See also==
==See also==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120501130249/http://www.maraland.net/maraland.html Maraland information at Maraland.NET]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120501130249/http://www.maraland.net/maraland.html Maraland information at Maraland.NET]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20091207044315/http://www.maraland.net/ Maraland.NET : The home of Mara people on the internet]
*[http://www.samaw.com/ Samaw.com : Maras first English Portal]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081104104805/http://chakhei.com/ Chakhei.com : Chakhei town online site]
