List of districts in Arunachal Pradesh facts for kids
On December 1, 1965 the erstwhile North-East Frontier Agency was divided into five districts:
- Kameng district
- upper Subansiri district and lower Subansiri district
- Siang district
- Lohit district
- Tirap district
Districts
- Kameng Division (Bomdila): Tawang, West Kameng, East Kameng
- Subansiri Division (Ziro): Papum Pare, Kurung Kumey, Kra Daadi, Lower Subansiri, Upper Subansiri
- Siang Division (Pasighat): West Siang, East Siang, Central Siang, Upper Siang
- Lohit-Dibang Division (Tezu): Upper Dibang Valley, Lower Dibang Valley, Anjaw, Lohit, Namsai
- Tirap Division (Khonsa): Changlang, Tirap, Longding
As of 2016, Arunachal Pradesh comprises 20 districts. Most of them are inhabited by various tribal groups. These are:
Code | District | Headquarters | Population (2011) | Area (km²) | Density (/km²) | Map |
TA | Tawang | Tawang Town | 49,950 | 2,085 | 19 | |
WK | West Kameng | Bomdila | 87,013 | 7,422 | 10 | |
EK | East Kameng | Seppa | 78,413 | 4,134 | 14 | |
PA | Papum Pare | Yupia | 176,385 | 2,875 | 42 | |
Kurung Kumey | Koloriang | 89,717 | 8,818 | 10 | ||
Kra Daadi | Jamin | |||||
LB | Lower Subansiri | Ziro | 82,839 | 3,460 | 24 | |
UB | Upper Subansiri | Daporijo | 83,205 | 7,032 | 8 | |
WS | West Siang | Along | 112,272 | 8,325 | 12 | |
ES | East Siang | Pasighat | 99,019 | 4,005 | 22 | |
Central Siang | Pangin | |||||
US | Upper Siang | Yingkiong | 33,146 | 6,188 | 5 | |
UD | Lower Dibang Valley | Roing | 53,986 | 3,900 | 14 | |
Upper Dibang Valley | Anini | 7,948 | 9,129 | 1 | ||
AJ | Anjaw | Hawai | 21,089 | 6,190 | 3 | |
EL | Lohit | Tezu | 145,538 | 2,402 | 13 | |
Namsai | Namsai | |||||
CH | Changlang | Changlang | 147,951 | 4,662 | 27 | |
TI | Tirap | Khonsa | 111,997 | 2,362 | 42 | |
LD | Longding | Longding |
New Proposals
- Rima district, from Changlang district. Sub-divisions: Diyun, Bordumsa, Kharsang, Jairampur, Nampong, Rima-Putak (Tikhak), Miao, and Vijoynagar
- Lower Siang district with headquarter in Likabali, from West Siang district and East Siang district
- Itanagar district, from Papum Pare district. Sub-divisions: Tarasso, Balijan, Sangdupota, Banderdava, Itanagar, and Naharlagun.
- Sagalee district, from Papum Pare district. Sub-divisions: Sagalee, Leporiang, Parang, and Mengio.
- North Subansiri district, from Kurung Kumey (Sub-divisions of Sarli, Damin), Kra Daadi (Sub-division of Pipsorang/Longding Koling) and Upper Subansiri (Sub-divisions of Taksing, Limeking, Nacho, Siyum) districts.
- Leparada district with headquarter in Basar
- Hayuliang district, from Anjaw district (Sub-divisions of Hayuliang, Metengliang, Chaglagam, Goiliang) and northeastern parts of Tezu circle in Lohit district.
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