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 trib ...

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, 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. 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

Gelling is located on the proposed Mago-

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to Vijaynagar Arunachal Pradesh Frontier Highway along the McMahon Line, alignment map of which can be see
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Around upstream is Gelling, 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

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. Tuting town is the head office of the ADC.

Culture

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

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and Khamba are also settled in this town nowadays. In Gelling circle in northern reaches of Tuting, Memba people are indigenous tribe who follow

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Buddhism whose key festivals of

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

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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

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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 Indian Airforce.

Map

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

References

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, West = {{flagicon, Bhutan Eastern Zone, Bhutan , Northwest = Cities and towns in Upper Siang district