Mopungchuket

Mopungchuket
Village
Mopungchuket Location in Nagaland, India Mopungchuket Mopungchuket (India)
Coordinates: 26°23′36″N 94°32′11″E
Country	India
State	Nagaland
District	Mokokchung
Block	Kubolong
Government
• Type	Village Council
• Body	Mopungchuket Village Council
Languages
• Official	English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	PO Impur 798615
Telephone code	0369
Vehicle registration	NL
Lok Sabha constituency	Nagaland
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Impur
Climate	Temperate (Köppen)
Website	nagaland.gov.in

Mopungchuket, also known as Aotemulung, is an Ao Naga village located 15 km from downtown Mokokchung, Nagaland, India.

Mopungchuket, one of the cleanest villages in Nagaland, is a popular rural tourism destination. Many travel writers and tourism publications have labeled Mopungchuket as perhaps the best kept village in Nagaland.

The village is associated with legends such as the love saga of Jina and Etiben, known as the Romeo and Juliet of the Ao Nagas. A tower commemorating their tragic story is a prominent landmark in the village.

At the vicinity of the village is a park with a mythological lake and an amphitheater. The Time-Pillar, Village Museum, Morung, Log-drums and nature trails are the other interests that make the village worth visiting.

The Ahoms army decided to retreat after an aborted attempt to invade this village.

Impur, the headquarters and the mission centre of Ao Baptist Arogo Mungdang (ABAM), established by American missionaries in 1894, is located adjacent to the village.

To know more about Mopungchuket, follow: https://mokokchung.nic.in/tourist-place/mopungchuket/ https://www.facebook.com/Mopungchuket

References

https://mokokchung.nic.in/tourist-place/mopungchuket/ https://www.facebook.com/Mopungchuket