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Phawngpui National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Map showing the location of Phawngpui National Park
Map showing the location of Phawngpui National Park
Map showing the location of Phawngpui National Park
Map showing the location of Phawngpui National Park
LocationMizoram, India
Nearest cityAizawl
Coordinates22°40′N 93°03′E / 22.667°N 93.050°E / 22.667; 93.050
Area50 square kilometres (19 sq mi)
Established1992
Visitors469 (in 2012-2013)
Governing bodyDepartment of Environment and Forests, Government of Mizoram

Phawngpui National Park or Phawngpui Blue Mountain National Park is one of the two national parks of India in Mizoram, the other and the larger being Murlen National Park. It is about 300 km from the main city Aizawl, located in the Lawngtlai district, towards the southeast of Mizoram and relatively close to Burma. It bears the name of the mountain Phawngpui, often called the Blue Mountain of Mizoram, which is the highest mountain peak in the state, reaching 2,157 m asl.[1] The national park covers the entire mountain along with the surrounding reserve forest.[2]

  1. ^ "Phawngpui". mizotourism.nic.in. MizoTourism. Archived from the original on 3 March 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  2. ^ SC Bhatt; GK Bhargava, eds. (2006). Land and People of Indian States and Union Territories: Mizoram. Vol. 19. Delhi: Kalpaz Publications. p. 153. ISBN 9788178353753.

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