List of districts of Nagaland

Nagaland, a state of India, has eleven administrative districts.

A district of an Indian state is an administrative geographical unit, headed by a district magistrate or a deputy commissioner, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service. The district magistrate or the deputy commissioner is assisted by a number of officials belonging to different wings of the administrative services of the state.

A superintendent of Police, an officer belonging to Indian Police Service is entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining law and order and related issues.

The eleven districts of Nagaland state are:

  1. Dimapur
  2. Kiphire
  3. Kohima
  4. Longleng
  5. Mokokchung
  6. Mon
  7. Peren
  8. Phek
  9. Tuensang
  10. Wokha
  11. Zunheboto

History

Earlier, Nagaland state had eight districts:

  1. Dimapur
  2. Kohima
  3. Mokokchung
  4. Mon
  5. Phek
  6. Tuensang
  7. Wokha
  8. Zunheboto

Recently, three more districts were added:

  1. Kiphire
  2. Longleng
  3. Peren

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