Coorinates: 25°24′N 94°05′E / 25.4, 94.08 Nagaland (Hindi: नागालैंड) pronunciation (help·info) is a hill state located in the far north-eastern part of India. It borders the state of Assam to the west, Arunachal Pradesh and part of Assam to the north, Myanmar to the east and Manipur to the south. The state capital is Kohima, and the largest city is Dimapur. With a population of nearly two million people, it has a total area of 16,579 km. - making it one of the smallest states of India.