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'''Siang District''' is the 21st district of [[Arunachal Pradesh]] State, [[India]]. This district was created in 2015 by carving it out of the [[West Siang District|West Siang]] and [[East Siang District|East Siang]] districts of Arunachal Pradesh. The regions included in the district were the legislative assembly constituencies, [[Rumgong (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|32-Rumgong]] and [[Pangin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|35-Pangin]].<ref name="AR-Siang12st"/><br />
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The district is predominantly inhabited by the [[Adi people]] of Arunachal Pradesh.<br />
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== Name ==<br />
The Siang district is named after the [[Brahmaputra River|River Siang]] (Yarlung Tsangpo, often identified with [[Brahmaputra]]) which flows through this district. Four other districts in Arunachal Pradesh are also named after the river: [[West Siang district|West Siang]], [[East Siang district|East Siang]], [[Upper Siang district|Upper Siang]] and [[Lower Siang district|Lower Siang]].<br />
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The word siang is surmised to have originated from the Angsi glacier on the northern side of the Himalayas in Burang County of Tibet, where the Yarlung Tsangpo originates.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}<br />
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==Location==<br />
Geographically, Siang District is located almost in the centre of the Siang belt of Arunachal Pradesh.<br />
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[[Boleng]] is about 100&nbsp;km from [[Pasighat]], 45&nbsp;km from Along and 22&nbsp;km from [[Pangin]].{{clarify|reason=What are these places?|date=July 2021}}<br />
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==History==<br />
The creation of Siang district was approved by the Arunachal Pradesh government of [[Nabam Tuki]] on 21 March 2013.<ref name="ToI-4new-approved">{{cite web|title=Arunachal clears bill for four new districts|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Arunachal-clears-bill-for-four-new-districts/articleshow/19120040.cms|website=The Times of India|date=22 March 2013}}</ref> Eighteen months later the [[Pangin]] town was announced as the temporary headquarters of the district, amid claims that [[Boleng]] town had been promised the role.<ref name="AR HQ tension">{{cite web|last1=Amar|first1=Sangno|title=Tension over district headquarters simmers at Pangin-Boleng|url=https://arunachaltimes.in/archives/dec14%2002.html|publisher=The Arunachal Times|date=1 December 2014}}</ref><br />
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Siang district was declared to be the 21st district of Arunachal Pradesh by Nabam Tuki on 27 November 2015. The new district was said to have been created to make the administration closer to the public. Funding was promised at that time for the construction of a district secretariat at Peram in Pangin, other offices in Pangin, also a small stadium, for school, hospital, housing, bridge, and road construction and other developments.<ref name="AR-Siang12st">{{cite web|title=Siang becomes 21st district of Arunachal|url=https://arunachaltimes.in/archives/nov15%2028.html|publisher=The Arunachal Times|date=28 November 2015}}</ref><br />
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==Languages==<br />
[[Adi language|Adi]], a Sino-Tibetan language, is the language spoken by the people of this district.<br />
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==Administration==<br />
The main administrative centres which falls under the district are Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADCs) Rumgong, Kaying. Presently, it has 9 Zilla Parishad members i.e.: [[Jomlo Mobuk]], [[Rumgong]], [[Kaying, Arunachal Pradesh|Kaying]], [[Payum, Arunachal Pradesh|Payum]], [[Boleng, Arunachal Pradesh|Boleng]], [[Riga, Arunachal Pradesh|Riga]], [[Rebo-Perging]], [[Pangin]], and [[Kebang]].<ref name="AR HQ tension" />{{not in source|date=July 2021}}<br />
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===Divisions===<br />
The district has 4 Sub-Divisions:{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}<br />
* '''Boleng Division:''' Circles of [[Boleng, Arunachal Pradesh|Boleng]], [[Riga, Arunachal Pradesh|Riga]], [[Rebo-Perging]]<br />
* '''Pangin Sub-Division:''' Circles of [[Pangin]], [[Kebang]]<br />
* '''Rumgong Sub-Division:''' Circles of [[Jomlo Mobuk]], [[Rumgong]]<br />
* '''Kaying Sub-Division:''' Circles of [[Kaying, Arunachal Pradesh|Kaying]], [[Payum, Arunachal Pradesh|Payum]]<br />
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===Assembly constituencies===<br />
There are 2 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly constituencies located in this district:{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}<br />
* [[Rumgong (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Rumgong]] (32) - Arunachal West Lok Sabha Constituency<br />
* [[Pangin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Pangin]] (35) - Arunachal East Lok Sabha Constituency<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://siang.nic.in/ Official website]<br />
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