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Historically, Mokokchung was one of the first Naga Hills sites where the Assam Rifles, led by
Britishers, established their outposts (then called stockades) in the later part of the 19th century. Much of the town initially grew around this post located in the DC Hill. The British administration was
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The trend of sub urbanization in
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have acquired urban characteristics and been engulfed by the urban spread of
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speeded up (since the late nineties) so much so that the erstwhile satellite town of Yimyu boomed and spread towards
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Football, volleyball, basketball, badminton and cricket are the most popular sports in
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Mokokchung has a mild climate throughout the year. For ten months of the year, maximum temperature hovers in the mid twenties. Mokokchung also witnesses a lot of mist in the rainy months.
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