Tuting is a town and headquarters of an eponymous

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in the

Upper Siang district Upper Siang (Pron:/ˈsjæŋ or ˈsɪæŋ/) is an administrative district in the state of Arunachal Pradesh in India. It is the fourth least populous district in the country (out of 640). History The majority of the people are of the Adi tribe ...

Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh (, ) is a state in Northeastern India. It was formed from the erstwhile North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) region, and became a state on 20 February 1987. It borders the states of Assam and Nagaland to the south. It share ...

, India. It is situated on the bank of Siang river (Brahmaputra) at a distance of south of

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and north of

Yingkiong Yingkiong is a town in and the administrative headquarters of Upper Siang district in the Northeast Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. It is located north of Itanagar, the capital of the state, and east of the River Siang. According to th ...

. Tuting is the center of an

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, and also home to an

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headquarters. The border area reports frequent incursion attempts by the Chinese

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, including an attempt to construct a road in Indian territory.

Location

It is located on the proposed Mago-

Thingbu Thingbu is a settlement in Tawang district in the north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, India. Location It is located on the proposed Mago-Thingbu to Vijaynagar Arunachal Pradesh Frontier Highway along the McMahon Line, alignment map ...

to Vijaynagar Arunachal Pradesh Frontier Highway along the

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, alignment map of which can be see
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, the last India village before the Indo-Tibet border. Tsangpo river (Brahmaputra) enters here from

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and natives know it as the Tsang Chu, downstream of here it is called the Siang river and Bramhaputra in Assam.

Administration

Tuting-Yingkiong is one of the

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. Tuting town is under the administration of an (ADC) Additional Deputy Commissioner. Tuting town is the head office of the

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Culture

Tuting is populated by Adi tribe who are the indigenous inhabitants but small population of other neighbouring tribes like

Memba The Memba are a people of Arunachal Pradesh. The Memba population is currently around four to five thousand. They mainly live in the districts of Shi Yomi, West Siang and Upper Siang. Some also in nearby Tibet. The religious life of the Memba r ...

and Khamba are also settled in this town nowadays. In Gelling circle in northern reaches of Tuting,

Memba people The Memba are a people of Arunachal Pradesh. The Memba population is currently around four to five thousand. They mainly live in the districts of Shi Yomi, West Siang and Upper Siang. Some also in nearby Tibet. The religious life of the Memba r ...

are indigenous tribe who follow

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Buddhism whose key festivals of

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Torgya Torgya, also known as Tawang-Torgya, is an annual festival that is exclusively held in Tawang Monastery, Arunachal Pradesh, India. It is held according to the Buddhist calendar days of 28th to 30th of ''Dawachukchipa'', which corresponds to 10 to ...

, Dhruba and Tsobum are celebrated by performing Bardo Chham animal-mask folk dance at gonpas.

Tourism

Gelling, with three-hour foot track to Indo-China border, is a tourist attraction which has Dampo Tso lake, tall Sibe-Re waterfall at Bishing, remnants of now defunct Kapangla Pass between Tibet and India, and Inspection Bungalow at Gelling for stay. Trekking and scenery.

Transport

Highway

Tuting is connected to Yingkiong and

Pasighat Pasighat is the headquarters of East Siang district in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. Situated at the eastern foothills of the Himalayas at above mean sea level, Pasighat is Arunachal's oldest town. The Government of India included Pa ...

in the south and until ITBF office at Gelling in the north on the LAC via the Pasighat-Aalo-Tuting-Gelling strategic

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Tuting Airport

Tuting AGL is an Advanced Landing Ground airstrip of

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Map

File:Upper Siang district.png, Upper Siang district with Tuting circle and Tuting

References

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Sagaing Region Sagaing Region ( my, စစ်ကိုင်းတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Sagaing Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar, located in the north-western part of the country between latitude 21° 30' north and lon ...

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Nagaland Nagaland () is a landlocked States and union territories of India, state in the northeast India, northeastern region of India. It is bordered by the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh to the north, Assam to the west, Manipur to the south and the ...

, Southwest =

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

, West = {{flagicon, Bhutan

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, Bhutan , Northwest = Cities and towns in Upper Siang district