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Jang is a tourist destination, town and subdivision in Jang Valley in
Tawang district Tawang district (Pron:/tɑ:ˈwæŋ or təˈwæŋ/) is the smallest of the 26 Districts of Arunachal Pradesh, administrative districts of Arunachal Pradesh state in northeastern India. With a population of 49,977, it is the eighth least populous ...
of
Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh (; ) is a States and union territories of India, 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 la ...
state of
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. It lies on NH-13 Trans-Arunachal Highway 40 km southwest of Tawang and north of Sela Tunnel/
Sela Pass The Sela Pass () ( more appropriately called ''Se La'', as La means Pass in Tibetan language) is a high-altitude mountain pass located on the border between the Tawang and West Kameng districts in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. It has ...
. As per the 2011 Census of India, Jang has a population of 5,480. Jang Hydal Plant, near the base of Nuranang Falls (Jang Falls), is a small hydel plant which generates electricity for local use.


Demography

Jang subdivision has a total of 8 villages. Below is the list of villages under the Jang subdivision:


Tourist place

The Nuranang Falls or the Jang Falls, famous for
Koyla ''Koyla'' ( Coal) is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language action film, action thriller film directed, co-written and produced by Rakesh Roshan starring Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit and Amrish Puri in lead roles with Johnny Lever, Ashok Saraf, Salim Gh ...
movie's song shooting and Jaswant Garh War Memorial commemorating MVC (posthumous) Jaswant Singh Rawat's fearless fight unto death during Battle of Nooranang in
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in 1962, driving 40 Km from Tawang.


See also

* Sela Tunnel


References

{{reflist Arunachal Pradesh Tawang district Tourism in India