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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Tuting
| native_name = pekong
| native_name_lang = Adi
| other_name =
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| settlement_type = town

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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Arunachal Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Upper Siang district]]
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'''Tuting''' is a town on the bank of [[Brahmaputra]] at a distance of 34 km south of [[McMahon Line]] and 170 kilometres north of [[Yingkiong]] in [[Upper Siang district]] in the [[Northeast India|north-eastern state]] of [[Arunachal Pradesh]] in [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/tuting/tuting/ps50310198.cms|title=Tuting|last=Town|website=Times of India Travel|access-date=2019-03-23}}</ref><ref name="cir1" /> It is where the [[panchayat]], [[State legislative assemblies of India|assembly constituency]], and [[Indian Military]] headquarters is. Since Tuting lies near the [[Line of Actual Control]] (LAC), [[Sino-Indian border dispute|an area disputed by India-China]], the border area was in spotlight in January 2018 due to Chinese [[People's Liberation Army]] incursion and attempted construction of roads inside Indian territory.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/chinese-road-building-team-had-entered-one-km-inside-arunachal-sources/articleshow/62355590.cms|title=Chinese road-building team entered 1km inside Arunachal, sent back by Indian Army: Sources |work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-12-24}}</ref><ref name="cir1">{{Cite web|url=https://uppersiang.nic.in/places-of-interest/ |title= Place of interest {{!}} District Upper Siang, Government of Arunachal Pradesh|language=en-US|access-date=2021-02-07}}</ref>

== Location ==

It is located on the {{convert|2,000|km|mi|adj=mid|-long}} proposed Mago-[[Thingbu]] to [[Vijaynagar, Changlang|Vijaynagar]] [[Mago-Thingbu to Vijaynagar Border Road|Arunachal Pradesh Frontier Highway]] along the [[McMahon Line]],<ref name=BR1>{{cite web|title=Top officials to meet to expedite road building along China border|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Top-officials-to-meet-to-expedite-road-building-along-China-border/articleshow/44831871.cms|work=Dipak Kumar Dash|publisher=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|accessdate=27 October 2014}}</ref><ref name=BR2>{{cite web|title=Narendra Modi government to provide funds for restoration of damaged highways|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-narendra-modi-government-to-provide-funds-for-restoration-of-damaged-highways-2020106|work=|publisher=dnaindia.com|accessdate=27 October 2014}}</ref><ref name=BR3>{{cite web|title=Indian Government Plans Highway Along Disputed China Border|url=https://thediplomat.com/2014/10/indian-government-plans-highway-along-disputed-china-border/|work=Ankit Panda|publisher=thediplomat.com|accessdate=27 October 2014}}</ref><ref name=BR4>{{cite web |url= http://www.livemint.com/Politics/nqEwdXxkIgrSHPpTSzsFRN/Govt-planning-road-along-McMohan-line-in-Arunachal-Pradesh.html |title= Govt planning road along McMohan line in Arunachal Pradesh: Kiren Rijiju |publisher= Live Mint |accessdate= 2014-10-26}}</ref> alignment map of which can be seen [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20141016/nat7.jpg here] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20160306112247/http://arunachalpradesh.nic.in/images/state_map.jpg here].<ref name=BR5>{{cite web |url= http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20141016/nation.htm|title=China warns India against paving road in Arunachal|work=Ajay Banerjee|publisher=tribuneindia.com|accessdate= 2014-10-26}}</ref> Around 35 km upstream is [[Gelling (village)|Gelling]], the last India village before the Indo-Tibet border.<ref>{{Cite web|others=Content Owned by District Administration. Developed and hosted by National Informatics Centre, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India|title=Gelling|url=https://uppersiang.nic.in/tourist-place/gelling/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-17|publisher=Government of Arunachal Pradesh}}</ref> Tsangpo river (Brahmaputra) enters here from [[Tibet]] and natives know it as the Tsang Chu, downstream of here it is called the Siang river and Bramhaputra in Assam.<ref name="cir1" />

==Administration==

[[Tuting-Yingkiong (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tuting-Yingkiong]] is one of the [[Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]. Tuting town is under the administration of an (ADC) Additional [[District magistrate (India)|Deputy Commissioner]].<ref name="adc1">{{Cite web|title=Districts Officials|url=http://www.arunachalpradesh.gov.in/districts-officials/|access-date=2019-03-23|website=Arunachal Pradesh, Official State Portal|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Subdivision & Blocks {{!}} District Upper Siang, Government of Arunachal Pradesh|url=https://uppersiang.nic.in/subdivision-blocks/|access-date=2019-03-23|language=en-US}}</ref> Tuting town is the head office of the [[Deputy commissioner|ADC]].<ref name=adc1/>

==Culture==
Tuting is populated by [[Adi people|Adi tribe]] who are the indigenous inhabitants but small population of other neighbouring tribes like [[Memba]] and [[Khamba people|Khamba]] are also settled in this town nowadays.<ref name=adc1/>

In Gelling circle in northern reaches of Tuting, [[Memba people]] are indigenous tribe who follow [[Nyingma]] [[Mahayana]] Buddhism whose key festivals of [[Losar]], [[Torgya]], Dhruba and [[Bumpa|Tsobum]] are celebrated by performing [[Bardo Chham]] animal-mask folk dance at [[gonpa]]s.<ref name=cir1/>

==Tourism==
Gelling, with 3 hour foot track to Indo-China border, is a tourist attraction which has Dampo Tso lake, 300 ft tall Sibe-Re waterfallat Bishing 3 hour trekking from Gelling, remnants of now defunct Kapangla Pass between Tibet and India, and Inspection Bungalow at Gelling for stay.
Trekking and scenery.<ref name=cir1/>

== Transport ==

=== Highway ===

Tuting is connected to Yingkiong and [[Pasighat]] in the south and till [[Indo-Tibetan Border Police|ITBF]] office at Gelling in the north on the LAC via the Pasighat-Aalo-Tuting-Gelling strategic [[India-China Border Roads]].

=== Tuting Airport===
[[List of Indian Air Force stations#AGL|Tuting AGL]] is an [[Advanced Landing Ground]] airstrip of [[Indian Airforce]].

== Map ==
<gallery>
File:Upper Siang district.png|Upper Siang district with Tuting circle and Tuting
</gallery>

==See also==

{{Portal|Geography|Asia|India}}
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* [[North-East Frontier Agency]]
* [[List of people from Arunachal Pradesh]]
* [[Religion in Arunachal Pradesh]]
* [[Cuisine of Arunachal Pradesh]]
* [[List of institutions of higher education in Arunachal Pradesh]]
* [[Yingkiong]]{{div col end}}
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{{Arunachal Pradesh}}

{{Minority Concentrated Districts in India}}
{{Indian Air Force}}
{{States and territories of India}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Geographic location

|Centre = Arunachal Pradesh
|North = {{flagicon|PRC}} [[Tibet Autonomous Region]], China
|Northeast =
|East = {{flagicon|Burma}} [[Kachin State]], Burma
|Southeast = {{flagicon|Burma}} [[Sagaing Region]], Burma
|South = [[Nagaland]]
|Southwest = [[Assam]]
|West = {{flagicon|Bhutan}} [[Dzongdey#Zone Statistics|Eastern Zone]], Bhutan
|Northwest =
}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Upper Siang district]]

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CleanupBot II: Removed empty portal template using script

->FiddleheadLady at 13:37, 22 November 2021