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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Upper Siang district
| settlement_type = [[Districts of Arunachal Pradesh|District]]
| total_type = Total
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| map_caption = Location of Upper Siang district in Arunachal Pradesh
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| coor_pinpoint = Yingkiong
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Arunachal Pradesh]]
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| established_title = Established
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| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Yingkiong]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
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| area_total_km2 = 6188
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| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 35,320<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web |url=http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php |title= District Census 2011 |publisher=Census2011.co.in }}</ref>
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| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 60.0%<ref name=districtcensus />
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 = 891<ref name=districtcensus />
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| website = {{URL|http://uppersiang.nic.in/}}
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'''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 [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name="distcensus">{{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>

== History ==
The majority of the people are of the Adi tribe while the Memba, Khamba tribe also exists there. Part of the area was controlled by the Tibetan [[Kingdom of Powo]] when streams of Tibetan pilgrims searching for one of the 'hidden lands' or [[beyul]] ({{lang-bo|sbas-yul}}) referred to in the prophecies of [[Guru Rinpoche]] in the East Himalayas from the mid-seventeenth century came south over the Doshong La pass, to seek the particular location of one of these earthly paradises called '''Padma bkod''' (written variously Pema köd, Pemakö and '''Pemako'''), literally 'Lotus Array' in the region. The region became administered by British India with the Simla Accord of 1914 and the demarcation of the [[McMahon Line]], though China considers it part of [[South Tibet]].

The district was formed in 1999 when it was split from [[East Siang district]].<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>

==Geography==
The district headquarters are located at [[Yingkiong]]. Upper Siang district occupies an area of {{convert|6118|km2}},<ref name='Reference Annual'>{{cite book | editor1 = Srivastava, Dayawanti | editor2=others | display-editors=1 |title = India 2010: A Reference Annual | chapter = States and Union Territories: Arunachal Pradesh: Government | edition = 54th | publisher = Additional Director General, Publications Division, [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)]], [[Government of India]] | year = 2010 | location = New Delhi, India | pages = 1113 | isbn = 978-81-230-1617-7}}</ref>

The district is the location of the massive [[Upper Siang Hydroelectric Project]].

==Transport==
The {{convert|2000|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|author=Dipak Kumar Dash|work=The Times of India|access-date=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|website=www.dnaindia.com|access-date=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|access-date=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 |access-date= 2014-10-26}}</ref> (will intersect with the proposed [[East-West Industrial Corridor Highway, Arunachal Pradesh|East-West Industrial Corridor Highway]]) and will pass through this district, 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|access-date= 2014-10-26}}</ref>

==Divisions==
There are two [[Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] constituencies in this district: [[Tuting-Yingkiong]] and Mariyang-Geku. Both 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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813085549/http://ceoarunachal.nic.in/Information/ACwiseDistrictwisePCwise.htm|archive-date=13 August 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>[[File:Upper Siang district.png|thumb|Upper Siang district with administrative circles<ref name=":0" />|360x360px]]
Administrative circles include Yingkiong, Jengging, Mariyang, Geku, Katan, Mopom, Tuting, Gelling, Singa, Palling, Migging.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Collectrate, System of Administration|url=https://uppersiang.nic.in/collectrate/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-28|website=District Upper Siang, Government of Arunachal Pradesh|publisher=Developed and hosted by National Informatics Centre, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{historical populations|23=1961|24=9,790|25=1971|26=21,330|27=1981|28=21,125|29=1991|30=27,779|31=2001|32=33,363|33=2011|34=35,320|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=right}}According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Upper Siang district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 35,320,<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 [[Liechtenstein]].<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 =212 Liechtenstein 35,236 July 2011 est.
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 637th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=district_census/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 5 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=district_census/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001–2011 was 5.77%.<ref name=district_census/> Upper Siang has a [[sex ratio]] of 891 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=district_census/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 59.94%.<ref name=district_census/>

Various tribal groups of the [[Adi people]] and the [[Memba people|Memba]] tribe live in the district. The Adi tribe generally follows [[Donyi-Polo]], and the Memba are followers of Tibetan Buddhism.

===Languages===
Languages spoken include [[Adi language|Adi]], a [[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]] tongue with approximately 140 000 speakers, and [[Tshangla]] and Khampa Tibetan languages both belonging to the Bodish group, these languages are written in both the [[Tibetan script|Tibetan]] and [[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>

==Flora and fauna==
In 1986 Upper Siang district became home to [[Mouling National Park]], which has an area of {{convert|483|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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823163836/http://oldwww.wii.gov.in/envis/envis_pa_network/index.htm|archive-date=23 August 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> A new mammal to science, [[Petaurista siangensis|Mebo giant flying squirrel (''Petaurista siangensis'')]] has been reported from this district.<ref>Choudhury, A.U. (2013). Description of a new species of giant flying squirrel of the genus ''Petaurista'' Link, 1795 from Siang Basin, Arunachal Pradesh in North East India. ''The NL & Journal of the Rhino Foundation for nat. in NE India'' 9: 30–38, plates.</ref>

==Banking facilities in Upper Siang==
List of banks functioning in Upper Siang.

*[[State Bank Of India]], Tuting<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bankifscmicrbranchdetails.c12.in/page.php?ifsc=SBIN0017091 |title=STATE BANK OF INDIA, TUTING}}</ref>
*[[State Bank Of India]], Yingkiong<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bankifscmicrbranchdetails.c12.in/page.php?ifsc=SBIN0007228 |title=STATE BANK OF INDIA, YINGKIONG}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://uppersiang.nic.in/}}

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

{{Arunachal Pradesh}}

[[Category:Upper Siang district| ]]
[[Category:Districts of Arunachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:1999 establishments in Arunachal Pradesh]]

Upper Siang district - Revision history

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