From this village, the Ao tribe moved towards northern region crossing a river named Tzüla and settled at Soyim, also known as Ungma today.

As of today (April'2014), the oldest person in the village is a 108-year-old lady named Mrs. Kashila and she still moves without anybody’s support.

Mokokchung village is adjacent to Mokokchung town, at an altitude of about 1350 metres above sea level – at the highest point, Mongsen Salang – which bears the longitude 94º31.9072 E and latitude 26º19.5864 N. The temperature does not rise beyond 32 °C, and average summer temperature is 27 °C.

In 1872, these highlanders and former head-hunters were influenced by the Christian missionaries under the American Foreign Baptist Mission.

Reverend Edward Winter Clark of Boston, USA was the first white man to arrive into Naga soil, and Christianity was received.

Modern school came along with the Church in 1926[5] after the British colonizers had chosen this town as their administrative unit in 1890.

The Moatsü festival is celebrated on 2 May in honour of Lijaba, – the creator of the whole earth – to appeal for his blessings in the cultivation that immediately follows after the sowing season.