Wokha

History

Wokha was made as the district headquarters of the Naga hills under Assam by the British in 1876. By 1878, the headquarters was shifted to Kohima, but Wokha remained a subdivision. Later in 1889, the subdivision was shifted to Mokokchung. After India's independence, Wokha became a sub division in 1957 under Naga Hills Tuensang Area, and remained so till she became a district in 1973.

Geography

Wokha is located at at an average elevation of 1,313 metres (4,793 feet). It has a warm temperate climate (classified as Cwa by Köppen and Geiger). The summer temperature of Wokha ranges from 16.1 °C to 32 °C. The winter temperature reaches a minimum of 2 °C. The average annual temperature in Wokha is 17.8 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1940 mm.

Most-observed species

• Common Tailorbird

  Orthotomus sutorius (Pennant, 1769) · Aves
  145
• Amur Falcon

  Falco amurensis Radde, 1863 · Aves
  141
• Red-vented Bulbul

  Pycnonotus cafer (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  107
• Yellow-browed Warbler

  Phylloscopus inornatus (Blyth, 1842) · Aves
  103
• Blue-throated Barbet

  Psilopogon asiaticus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  84
• Silver-eared Mesia

  Leiothrix argentauris (Hodgson, 1837) · Aves
  70
• Oriental White-eye

  Zosterops palpebrosus (Temminck, 1824) · Aves
  65
• Great Barbet

  Psilopogon virens (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
  61

Most recent

• M 4.3 — 2024-11-28
  45 km SE of Phek, India
• M 4.2 — 2023-06-01
  39 km ESE of Tuensang, India
• M 4.1 — 2022-04-16
  Myanmar-India border region
• M 4.5 — 2022-01-12
  48 km NNE of Imph?l, India
• M 4.3 — 2020-11-22
  5 km WNW of Tuensang, India
• M 4.6 — 2020-10-06
  27 km E of Phek, India