East Siang district

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{{Infobox settlement
| name = East Siang district
| settlement_type = [[Districts of Arunachal Pradesh|District]] of [[Arunachal Pradesh]]
| total_type = Total
| native_name =
| image_map = Arunachal Pradesh East Siang district locator map.svg
| map_caption = Location of East Siang district in Arunachal Pradesh
| coordinates = {{coord|28.07|95.33|display=inline,title}}
| coor_pinpoint =
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|..Arunachal Pradesh Flag(INDIA).png}} [[Arunachal Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 =
| subdivision_name2 =
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat =
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 =
| area_total_km2 = 4,005
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 73,354
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban = Yes
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 73.5%<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web |url=http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php |title= District Census 2011 |publisher=Census2011.co.in }}</ref>
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 = 962<ref name=districtcensus />
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| leader_title1 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name1 = [[Tapir Gao]]
| leader_title2 = [[Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name2 = [[Lombo Tayeng]], [[Kaling Moyong]], [[Ninong Ering]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| registration_plate =
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Indian road network|Major highways]]
| blank_info_sec1 = NH-52
| blank_name_sec2 =
| blank_info_sec2 =
| website = {{URL|http://eastsiang.nic.in/}}
| official_name =
| image_skyline = River Siang (Brahmaputra) entering into the plains at Ranaghat, on the east of Roing.jpg
| image_caption = Siang river entering plains at Ranaghat
}}

'''East Siang''' (Pron:/ˈsjæŋ or ˈsɪæŋ/) is an administrative district in the state of [[Arunachal Pradesh]] in India.

==History==
In 1989 territory was transferred from [[West Siang district]] to East Siang.<ref name='Statoids'>{{cite web | url = http://www.statoids.com/yin.html | title = Districts of India | access-date = 2011-10-11 | last = Law | first = Gwillim | date = 25 September 2011 | work = Statoids}}</ref> A decade later, in 1999, the district was bifurcated to make [[Upper Siang district]].<ref name='Statoids'/> East Siang district was first settled by Dibu-marang clans and was later driven away by some padam clan( subtribe of adi) . Later padam clans accompanied it's close ally pasi and settled near padam mone and balek respectively.Later , due to epidemic (considered as spiritual ) in the mone areas padams had to retreat.

==Geography==
The district headquarters are located at [[Pasighat]]. East Siang district occupies an area of {{convert|4005|km2|sqmi}},<ref name="Reference Annual">{{cite book|title=India 2010: A Reference Annual|last1=Srivastava, Dayawanti et al. (ed.)|publisher=Additional Director General, Publications Division, [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)]], [[Government of India]]|year=2010|isbn=978-81-230-1617-7|edition=54th|location=New Delhi, India|pages=1113|chapter=States and Union Territories: Arunachal Pradesh: Government}}</ref> comparatively equivalent to [[Indonesia]]'s [[Nias Island]].<ref name='Islands'>{{cite web | url = http://islands.unep.ch/Tiarea.htm | title = Island Directory Tables: Islands by Land Area | access-date = 2011-10-11 | date = 18 February 1998 | publisher = [[United Nations Environment Program]] | quote = Nias 4,048km2
}}</ref>

==Divisions==
There are 5 [[Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] constituencies located in this district: Panging, [[Nari-Koyu]], [[Pasighat West]], [[Pasighat East]], and [[Mebo, Arunachal Pradesh|Mebo]]. All of these are part of [[Arunachal East (Lok Sabha constituency)|Arunachal East Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref name="ceo1">{{cite web|url=http://ceoarunachal.nic.in/Information/ACwiseDistrictwisePCwise.htm |title=Assembly Constituencies allocation w.r.t District and Parliamentary Constituencies |publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Arunachal Pradesh website |access-date=21 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813085549/http://ceoarunachal.nic.in/Information/ACwiseDistrictwisePCwise.htm |archive-date=13 August 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{historical populations|23=1961|24=32,421|25=1971|26=33,138|27=1981|28=55,170|29=1991|30=71,864|31=2001|32=87,397|33=2011|34=99,214|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=middle}}According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] East Siang district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 99,214,<ref name=district_census>{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Kiribati]].<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote =Kiribati 100,743 July 2011 est.
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 615th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=district_census/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 27 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=district_census/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001–2011 was 13.3%.<ref name=district_census/> East Siang has a [[sex ratio]] of 962 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=district_census/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 73.54%.<ref name=district_census/>

===Religion===
Various tribal groups of the [[Adi people]] live in various parts of the district. The local people traditionally follow [[Donyi-Polo]], although a sizeable minority have converted to Christianity.

{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Religion in East Siang district (2011)<ref name="census2011">{{cite web|title=Population by religion community – 2011|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW00C-01%20MDDS.XLS|website=Census of India, 2011|publisher=The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150825155850/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW00C-01%20MDDS.XLS|archive-date=25 August 2015}}</ref>
|label1 = [[Donyi-Polo]]
|value1 = 49.78
|color1 = Deeppink
|label2 = [[Hinduism]]
|value2 = 28.07
|color2 = Orange
|label3 = [[Christianity]]
|value3 = 18.4
|color3 = Dodgerblue
|label4 = [[Tibetan Buddhism]]
|value4 = 0.88
|color4 = Yellow
|label5 = [[Islam]]
|value5 = 2.31
|color5 = Green
|label6 = Other
|value6 = 0.65
|color6 = Gray
}}

===Languages===
Predominant Language spoken in pasighat is Adi language of the [[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]] tongue with approximately 140 000 speakers, written in [[Latin script]]s;<ref name='ethnoadi'>{{cite encyclopedia | editor = M. Paul Lewis | encyclopedia = Ethnologue: Languages of the World | title = Adi: A language of India | url = http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=adi | access-date = 2011-09-28 | edition = 16th | year = 2009 | publisher = SIL International | location = Dallas, Texas}}</ref> and [[Galo language|Galo]], an [[endangered language]] with 30 000 speakers, also in the Sino-Tibetan [[language family]].<ref name='ethnogalo'>{{cite encyclopedia | editor = M. Paul Lewis | encyclopedia = Ethnologue: Languages of the World | title = Galo: A language of India | url = http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=adl | access-date = 2011-09-28 | edition = 16th | year = 2009 | publisher = SIL International | location = Dallas, Texas}}</ref>

==Flora and fauna==
[[File:Mechuka landscape 1.jpg|alt=East siaing dietrict|thumb|East siaing dietrict]]
In 1978 East Siang district became home to the D’Ering Memorial (Lali) [[Wildlife Sanctuaries in India|Wildlife Sanctuary]], which has an area of {{convert|190|km2|mi2|abbr=on|1}}.<ref name=parks>{{cite web|author=Indian Ministry of Forests and Environment |title=Protected areas: Arunachal Pradesh |url=http://oldwww.wii.gov.in/envis/envis_pa_network/index.htm |access-date=25 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823163836/http://oldwww.wii.gov.in/envis/envis_pa_network/index.htm |archive-date=23 August 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website|http://eastsiang.nic.in/}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = East Siang district
|North = [[Upper Siang district]]
|Northeast =
|East = [[Lower Dibang Valley district]]
|Southeast =
|South = [[Dhemaji district]], Assam
|Southwest =
|West = [[West Siang district]]
|Northwest =
}}

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