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Arunachal Pradesh (/ ər ʊ ˌ n ɑː tʃ əl p r ə ˈ d eɪ ʃ /; [10] lit. ' Dawn-Lit Mountain Province ') [11] is a state in northeast India. It was formed from the North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) region, and India declared it as a state on 20 February 1987. Itanagar is its capital and largest town. It borders the Indian states of Assam ...
Arunachal Pradesh is located in northeast India, bordering Bhutan, Tibet (China) and Myanmar internationally. [12] The border with Bhutan is 160 km (99 mi), the China border is 1,080 km (670 mi), and the Myanmar border is 440 km (270 mi). [12]
Arunachal Pradesh has close to 61,000 square kilometres of forests, and forest products are the next most significant sector of the economy. Among the crops grown here are rice, maize, millet, wheat, pulses, sugarcane, ginger, and oilseeds.
The districts of Arunachal Pradesh state are administrative geographical units, each headed by a deputy commissioner, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service and a superintendent of police, an officer belonging to the Indian Police Service. List of districts, clockwise starting from west, is as follows: [31]
Part of Arunachal Pradesh (especially Tawang) Tibet Arunachal Pradesh India Tawang Air Force Station and AGLs at Aalo, Mechuka, Pasighat, Tuting, Vijoynagar, Walong and Ziro serve this sector. [126] Most of India-controlled Arunachal Pradesh is also claimed by China, especially Tawang. See also 1987 Sino-Indian skirmish at Tawang.
Tawang is a town and administrative headquarter of Tawang district in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. [1] [2] It lies on NH-13 section of Trans-Arunachal Highway.The town was once the headquarter of the Tawang Tract, which is now divided into the Tawang district and the West Kameng district.
Itanagar (/ iː ˈ t ɑː n ə ɡ ər / pronunciation ⓘ) is the capital and largest town of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.The seat of Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly, the seat of government of Arunachal Pradesh, and the seat of Gauhati High Court permanent bench at Naharlagun are all in Itanagar.
The Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh has a total population of roughly 1.4 million (as of 2011) on an area of 84,000 km 2, amounting to a population density of about 17 pop./km 2 (far below the Indian average of 370 pop./km 2 but significantly higher than similarly mountainous Ladakh).