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Manipur

Manipur is a state, rich in history, culture and natural beauty. Ancient Manipur was one of Asia's oldest human civilisations. It was known for the arts, language, philosophy, politics and sports.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Imphal and Bishnupur.

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is the capital city of the northeast Indian state of Manipur. It has a small population but it is a developed city that many travellers visit in transit.

district or Bishenpur district, is a district of Manipur state in northeastern .

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is an ancient seat of monarchical government of the Meitei rulers of Ancient Kangleipak in present-day . It was a fortified grand royal residence as well as a religious site of the Meitei language speaking people and the Sanamahism following people of .

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Keibul Lamjao National Park and Loktak Lake.

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is the world's only floating national park. It is floating on the in the central bowl-like plain of Manipur in .

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is a freshwater lake in South Asia. It hosts , which is on the tentative list of the UNESCO World Heritage Site as of 2023.

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is a town of 32,000 people in the state of Manipur. It is a major commercial hub in the state. In 2018, was declared as the "Cleanest city in North East India" by the Indian government.

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is a town in the state of Manipur. It is an idyllic town of 46,000 people that has many lakes and rivers, paddy fields, and gardens.

is a town in the state of Manipur.

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is a town in the of Manipur, best known for the tentatively listed UNESCO World Heritage Sites of the Keibul Lamjao Conservation Area, covering , the world's only floating national park, the buffer of and Pumlen Pat.

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Ukhrul/Hunphun is a town which is the administrative headquarters of the district in the state of Manipur, . Sirohi National Park is 10-15 km from the town. It is the world's only natural habitat for the Shirui lily flower.

is the district headquarter of in the state of Manipur, . It is a suburb of city, the capital of Manipur.

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Sirohi National Park or covers the slopes of the Shirui hills in , northern Manipur in . It is famous for being the home of Shirui Lily, which is found nowhere else on earth.

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is a town in the state of Manipur. has been developed to represent the cultural heritage and artful creativeness of the Meitei people. It is popular for its brewery, craft works and pottery.

is an island in the state of Manipur. It is the largest island in Loktak Lake, the main island of an archipelago. Politically, it also has some mainland area under its jurisdiction.

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is a wildlife sanctuary that represents the Indo-Myanmar biological diversity. It is located in the meeting point of the two major geographical zones.

The , also called the Nongmaijing Ching or the Selloi Langmai Ching, is a mountain in the Imphal valley of Manipur. It is a holy pilgrimage site for the Meitei people, especially for the followers of Sanamahism.

Manipur

Latitude of center
24.7209° or 24° 43′ 15″ north
Longitude of center
93.9229° or 93° 55′ 23″ east
Population
2,860,000
Elevation
832 metres (2,730 feet)
Abbreviation
“MN”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2240851573
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1263706
Wiki­data ID
Q1193
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Manipur” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Manipur”
  • Afrikaans: “Manipoer”
  • Afrikaans: “Manipur”
  • Albanian: “Manipur”
  • Amharic: “መኒፑር”
  • Angika: “मणिपुर”
  • Arabic: “مانيبور”
  • Arabic: “منيبور”
  • Aragonese: “Manipur”
  • Armenian: “Մանիպուր”
  • Assamese: “মণিপুৰ”
  • Asturian: “Manipur”
  • Awadhi: “मणिपुर”
  • Azerbaijani: “Manipur”
  • Balinese: “Manipur”
  • Basque: “Manipur”
  • Belarusian: “Маніпур”
  • Bengali: “মণিপুর”
  • Bhojpuri: “मणिपुर”
  • Bishnupriya: “মণিপুর”
  • Breton: “Manipur”
  • Bulgarian: “Манипур”
  • Burmese: “မဏိပူရပြည်နယ်”
  • Catalan: “Manipur”
  • Cebuano: “Manipur”
  • Central Bikol: “Manipur”
  • Chechen: “Манипур”
  • Chinese: “Manipur”
  • Chinese: “曼尼普尔邦”
  • Chinese: “曼尼普爾邦”
  • Croatian: “Manipur”
  • Czech: “Manípur”
  • Danish: “Manipur”
  • Dhivehi: “މަނިޕޫރު”
  • Dotyali: “मणिपुर”
  • Dutch: “Manipur”
  • Esperanto: “Manipuro”
  • Estonian: “Manipur”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Manipur”
  • Finnish: “Manipur”
  • French: “Kangleipak”
  • French: “Manipur”
  • Galician: “Manipur”
  • Georgian: “მანიპური”
  • German: “Manipur”
  • Goan Konkani: “Mannipur”
  • Goan Konkani: “मणिपूर”
  • Greek: “Μανιπούρ”
  • Gujarati: “મણિપુર”
  • Hausa: “Manipur”
  • Hebrew: “מניפור”
  • Hindi: “मणिपुर”
  • Hungarian: “Manipur”
  • Icelandic: “Manipur”
  • Indonesian: “Manipur”
  • Interlingua: “Manipur”
  • Irish: “Manipur”
  • Italian: “Manipur”
  • Japanese: “マニプル州”
  • Kannada: “ಮಣಿಪುರ”
  • Kashmiri: “منی پور”
  • Kazakh: “Манипур”
  • Komering: “Manipur”
  • Korean: “마니푸르 주”
  • Korean: “마니푸르”
  • Korean: “마니푸르주”
  • Latin: “Manipur”
  • Latin: “Manipura”
  • Latvian: “Manipura”
  • Lithuanian: “Manipuras”
  • Luxembourgish: “Manipur”
  • Macedonian: “Манипур”
  • Maithili: “मणिपुर”
  • Malagasy: “Manipur”
  • Malay: “Manipur”
  • Malayalam: “മണിപ്പൂർ”
  • Manipuri: “ꯃꯅꯤꯄꯨꯔ”
  • Marathi: “मणिपूर”
  • Mazanderani: “مانیپور”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Manipur”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Manipur”
  • Minangkabau: “Manipur”
  • Mingrelian: “მანიპური”
  • Mongolian: “Манипур”
  • Nepali: “मणिपुर”
  • Newari: “मणिपुर”
  • Northern Frisian: “Manipur”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Manipur”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Manipur”
  • Norwegian: “Manipur”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Manipor”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Manipur”
  • Oriya: “ମଣିପୁର”
  • Ossetian: “Манипур”
  • Pampanga: “Manipur”
  • Panjabi: “ਮਣੀਪੁਰ”
  • Persian: “مانیپور”
  • Polish: “Manipur”
  • Portuguese: “Manipur”
  • Pushto: “منيپور”
  • Romanian: “Manipur”
  • Russian: “Манипур”
  • Sanskrit: “मणिपुरराज्यम्”
  • Santali: “ᱢᱚᱬᱤᱯᱩᱨ”
  • Santali: “ᱢᱚᱱᱤᱯᱩᱨ”
  • Santali: “ᱢᱟᱱᱤᱯᱩᱨ”
  • Scots: “Manipur”
  • Serbian: “Манипур”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Manipur”
  • Sinhala: “මනිපූර්”
  • Slovak: “Manípur”
  • Slovenian: “Manipur”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مانیپور”
  • Spanish: “Manipur”
  • Swahili: “Manipur”
  • Swedish: “Manipur”
  • Sylheti: “ꠝꠘꠤꠙꠥꠞ”
  • Tagalog: “Manipur”
  • Tajik: “Манипур”
  • Tamil: “மணிப்பூர்”
  • Tatar: “Манипур”
  • Telugu: “మణిపూర్”
  • Thai: “รัฐมณีปุระ”
  • Tibetan: “མཱ་ནི་པུར།”
  • Tulu: “ಮಣಿಪುರ”
  • Turkish: “Manipur”
  • Ukrainian: “Маніпур”
  • Urdu: “منی پور”
  • Uzbek: “Manipur”
  • Vietnamese: “Manipur”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Manipur”
  • Welsh: “Manipur”
  • Western Armenian: “Մանիփուր”
  • Western Panjabi: “منیپور”
  • Wu Chinese: “曼尼普尔邦”
  • Yoruba: “Manipur”
  • Yue Chinese: “曼尼普爾邦”
  • “मणिपुर”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Manipur”. Photo: Hshook, CC BY-SA 4.0.