M izoram is located in the north-east corner of India between 21°56’N - 24°31’N latitudes and 92°16’E - 93°26’E3 longitudes sandwiched between Bangladesh and Myanmar. Its location is of strategic significance geographically and politically and shares a total common international boundary of about 585 kilometers with these two countries. PC- Dheeraj Dwivedi / CC BY 2.0 In terms of size, it may not be so significant as its total area constitutes only 0.64 percent of the total area of India. The tropic of cancer, i.e., 23°30’N latitude cuts across the region in Aizawl district at the southern periphery traversing places like Champhai, Chhawrtui, Darlung and Phuldungsei, etc. This imaginary line divides the region into two almost equal parts. Mizoram is bounded on the north by Cachar District of Assam and the state of Manipur, on the east and south by Chin Hills of Myanmar; on the west by Chittagong Hill tracts of Bangladesh and the state of Tripura. History Man...
Face of North East India