About Tonglon

Tonglawn is a name of Circle under Singngat Tehsil, within Churachandpur district, Manipur. It is 91 kms far from its state capital Imphal and 32 kms from Lamka, Churachandpur. Tonglawn was established in the year 1906 A.D by Pu. Pumzakham Hatzaw who was said to be migrated from Chiimtung/Chiimnuai.

Sattelite Information of Tonglawn:

Qiblah direction of Tonglawn is 278,272987 degrees from north clockwise. It is located of the Latitude 24,21667 (Lat [DMS] 24¤13'0N) North and Longtitude 93,56667 [long (DMS) 93¤34'OE) East with an Altitude (feet) 2349 or 715 metres.

Name and meanings:
Tonglawn is a new name which derived from a mispelling ' Tonglon'. Literally ," Tong" means Voice and "Lawn" means " Pass". Therefore, Tonglawn means "Passing voice or where they pass voice".

Location: Tonglawn is situated between Tipaimukh Road from East to North and Guite Road from Southt to West. In its Circle, there are ten different places. Viz.
1. Tonglawn (P) Pumzakham
2. Tonglawn(T) Thangchinlian
3. Tonglawn (K) Khupchinkham
4. Tonglawn (D) Dumdephai
5. Tonglawn (B) Bualmual
6. Tonglawn (H) Hiangmual
7. Tonglawn (VN) Vokbual Nuai
8. Tonglawn (VT) Vokbual Tung
9. Tonglawn (Allu-Singtam (P)[Old]
10.Tonglawn (Allu-Singtam (P)[New]

Sea - Level:
Tonglawn is a populated place and one of the historic region of Manipur, India with an everage elevation of 708 meter or 2,323 feets above sea-level.

Distance: Tonglawn area is not very densely populated with 25 people per two kilometers . The nearest town Lamka larger than 2,00000 inhabitants takes about 6 hours and 19 minutes by local transportation. Approximately, 32 kms from Lamka, Churachandpur, Manipur, India.

Tonglawn Time: Tonglawn time is usually traced back of +5:30 GMT Asia/Kolkotta which has no difference +6:30 GMT of the United Kingdom - British Indian Ocean territory[source:paydollar.com].

Destructive Earthquake: Tonglawn can have destructive earthquakes on everage one every 50 years with occurances at 7 Richter. Natural occurances of landslides are low to medium.

Tonglawn People and Language:
No meitei nor naga found in this region except ZOMI. The Paite, Vaiphei and Simte are residing in this region and they spoke their own dialects which is closed to English.

Tonglawn weather and Climate:
May is the warmest season with an everage temperature of 29¤9 'C at noon and January is the coldest with an everage temperature of 9¤3 'C at night. Tonglawn has no distinct temperature seasons and its relatively constant throughout the year. The temperatures at night are cooler than during daytime. Winter can have some frostdays , with the coldest month most often being January. January is on everage the month with most sunshine. The wet season has a rainfall peak around July, the dry season is around the month of January.

Tonglawn Caves: The hills of Manipur have a number of mysterious caves of which Tonglawn caves are one that have unveiled a lot of hîstorical and cultural facts about the state. Some of the caves were constructed during World War = II. It is located near Pu Tualzagin Sektak, a great hunter's residence in Tonglawn (P) in the north end toward west. The engravings, scripts and sculptures carved in the cave have greatly helped historians to understand ancient facts about Manipur. The Tonglawn cave exist since centuries. They have come into light only during the archeological excavations done in and around the site of Tonglawn Caves.

Tonglawn is surrounded by Tuila River from the east via South and Tuivai River South to North. Due to the lack of road connectivity, developments has been slow in progress and its beauty has been undisclosed. There has been thick forest, a home for countless wild animals Viz. beer,leopard,jaguar, deer and monkeys.

Tonglawn related website:

1. Tonglawn Map
http://www.mapmonde.org/asia/india/state-of-manipur/tonglon-2811206/

2. Tonglawn Time GMT +5:30 / +6:30
https://www.paydollar.com/b2c2/eng/merchant/help/f_onlinehelp_timezonelist.htm

3. Tonglawn Google Maps http://www.mapmonde.org/asia/india/state-of-manipur/tonglon-2811206/

4. https://picasaweb.google.com/m/albumList?uname=115207846099816214449&start=0

5. http://www.flickr.com/photos/khankhup

6. http://khuppaite.blogspot.com

7.Tonglawn Forecast
http://www.chinci.com/travel/pax/q/1254246/Tonglon/IN/India/0/#

8. Tonglawn Sattelite
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/17/Tonglon.html

9. Tonglawn weather
http://www.yr.no/place/India/Manipur/Tonglon/hour_by_hour.html



10. Tonglawn Facebook
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