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Encyclopedia of Tours and Travel to Manipur, featuring information on Fairs & Festivals, Wildlife, Excursion, Adventure and Weather of Manipur. |
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Ukhrul
The area of the Then in November 1969 it was upgraded to a full-fledged district, bearing the nomenclature of Manipur East District. On 15th July, 1983 the area of the Manipur East District was sliced down to 4,544 Sq.Km. and the title of the district was changed into Ukhrul District from chandel district. Ukhrul is the District Head Quarter which, now, is extended down to Hundung. Wildlife The District is gifted with rich flora and fauna. There are hundreds of varieties of trees , barderian flowering plants, orchids of enumerable hues and kinds, Epiphetic ferns, varied species of plants and shrubs. Some of the known species of plants and trees are : Alder (Alnus nepalensis), Prunus cirosirdes, Symingtonia, Acacia auriculifornis, Parkia javanica, Paraserrianthes falcotaria, Michelia oblanga, Cmilina arborea, pinus kerya, robinea psedudoacacia, besides various iris species, wild roses, red and white rhododendrons etc.
Excursion Weather Rainfall : 1600 mm to 2100mm
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district was 8,200 Sq. Km. Ukhrul District, the land of the colourful
Tangkhuls was marked out first a Sub-Division in 1919 during the
British Raj. 
Manipur Hills for botanical collection on behalf of the New York
Botanical Garden. The rareness and the uniqueness of this Lily is
that, it has seven colours when examined through a microscope. Later,
Frank won the prestigious prize of the Royal Horticulture Society
Award, Landon in 1948. This Lily plant is 2ft. to 3ft. tall, consisting
of a hard stem around which lanceolate leaves are spirally arranged.