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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Zemithang
| native_name = Pangchen
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| population_total = 2498
| population_as_of = 2011
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| image_map = Zemithang.png
| map_caption = Zemithang Circle
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| pushpin_map = India Arunachal Pradesh#India3
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Arunachal Pradesh, India
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| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|..Arunachal Pradesh Flag(INDIA).png}} [[Arunachal Pradesh]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Tawang district|Tawang]]
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'''Zemithang''' or '''Zimithang''', also called '''Pangchen''', is a village and the headquarters of an [[eponymous]] [[tehsil|circle]] in the [[Tawang district]] of Indian state of [[Arunachal Pradesh]]. It is on the bank of the [[Nyamjang Chu]] river, which originates in Tibet and enters India from the north near the locality called [[Khinzemane]].

The '''Zemithang Circle''' is the last administrative division of India on the border with the [[Tibet Autonomous Region]] of China, along the border with [[Bhutan]] in the west.<ref>
{{Cite web |authors=Sang Khandu (APCS, Circle Officer, Bomdila) |title=Leaves of Pangchen |url=https://cdn.s3waas.gov.in/s39b70e8fe62e40c570a322f1b0b659098/uploads/2018/09/2018091989.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=12 July 2021}}
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{{Cite web |last=Chowdhary |first=Charu |date=2019-07-23 |title=Zemithang: An Oasis of Calm And Tranquility in Arunachal Pradesh |url=https://www.india.com/travel/articles/zemithang-an-oasis-of-calm-and-tranqility-in-arunachal-pradesh-3725154/ |url-status=live |access-date=2021-07-12 |website=India.com}}
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{{Cite web |date=10 December 2015 |title=Community from Zemithang Valley bags award for forest conservation |url=https://www.wwfindia.org/?14841/Community-from-Zemithang-Valley-bags-award-for-forest-conservation |url-status=live |access-date=2021-07-12 |website=www.wwfindia.org |publisher=[[WWF-India]]|language=en}}
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It has a population of 2,498 people by the 2011 census, distributed in 18 villages. The Zemithang Circle and the Dudunghar Circle to its south, together make up a [[community development block]].<ref>
{{citation |title=Tawang District Census Handbook, Part A |publisher=Directorate of Census Operations, Arunachal Pradesh |year=2011 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/12/1201_PART_A_DCHB_TAWANG.pdf |pp=28, 77}}</ref>

Zemithang's border with Tibet, along the [[Namka Chu]] and [[Sumdorong Chu]] valleys, is disputed with China.

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths="220">
File:Zimithang ARUNACHAL PRADESH, India.jpg|Nature near Zemithang
File:Zimithang.jpg|Mountains of Zemithang
File:Tawang district with labels.png|Tawang district
</gallery>

== References ==
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[[Category:Tawang district]]
[[Category:Borders of Arunachal Pradesh]]

Zemithang - Revision history

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