Houses spill down the ridge in every direction, with misty blue hills rolling away beyond. In spring, pink blossom lights up the slopes around the town.

The town

Zünheboto is a town in the district of the same name in Nagaland, home of the Sümi Nagas. Its name comes from the Sümi words zünhebo, a flowering shrub (Leucosceptrum) that grows abundantly here, and to, hilltop: 'the hilltop of zünhebo flowers'. It lies north of the Satoi Range and had a population of 22,633 in 2011.

Faith and climate

Zünheboto is home to the Sümi Baptist Church, one of the largest Baptist churches in Asia. Its height brings cool winters, with frost from December to February and occasional snow on the higher ground, and hot, very rainy summers.

• ✓
  Sümi Baptist Church One of Asia's largest.
• ✓
  Centre Point Heart of the town.
• ✓
  Hill views Over the Naga hills.