Ukhrul District is bounded by Myanmar
in the East, Chandel District in the South, Imphal East and Senapati Districts
in the West and Nagaland State in the North. The terrain of the district is
hilly with a varying heights of 913 m to 3114 m (MSL). The district HQ. Ukhrul
is linked with Imphal, the state capital by a NH 150about 84 Km. By ordinary
passenger bus it takes about 3 hours.
The climate of the district is of temperate nature with a minimum and maximum
degrees of 3 C to 33 C. The average annual rainfall is 1,763.7 mm (1991).
The exact location of the district in the globe is 24N - 25.41 N and 94 E
- 94.47 E. The rainy season in the district is from May to beginning of October
broadly but Winter is chilly.
The highest peak is the Khayang peak-3114 m (MSL), though the more popularly
know peak is the Shirui Kashung Peak - 2,835 m (MSL). Ukhrul, the District
HQ, is 2,020 m (MSL). Most of the major rivers originate from the crevices
and slopes of this Shirui Peak.
The terrain of the district is rippled with small ranges and striped by few
rivers. 1. Somrah - Angkoching range, striped by Sanalok and Namba Lok; Shangshak
- Phungyar range adjacent to which is the Shokvao - Mapithel - Kasom range
striped by Tuyungbi and Taret Lok in the middle and Thoubal river in the West
and Kachai - Hoome - Tampak Ngashan (Mahadev) range, striped by the tributaries
of Thoubal river n Eastern side and Iril River in the Western side.
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