East Siang
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East Siang is an administrative district
District
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 in the state of Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh is a state of India, located in the far northeast. It borders the states of Assam and Nagaland to the south, and shares international borders with Burma in the east, Bhutan in the west, and the People's Republic of China in the north. The majority of the territory is claimed by...

 in India
India
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History

In 1989 territory was transferred from West Siang district to East Siang. A decade later, in 1999, the district was bifurcated to make Upper Siang district
Upper Siang district
Upper Siang is an administrative district in the state of Arunachal Pradesh in India. It is the fourth least populous district in the country .- History :At one point of history this place was part of Independent Tibet and known as Pemako...

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Geography

The district headquarters are located at Pasighat
Pasighat
Pasighat is the headquarters of East Siang district in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. Situated at 155 meters, with its scenic splendours Pasighat is Arunachal's oldest town and also the district headquarters of East Siang.- History:...

. East Siang district occupies an area of 4005 square kilometres (1,546.3 sq mi), comparatively equivalent to Indonesia
Indonesia
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's Nias Island.

Divisions

There are 5 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
The Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Arunachal Pradesh state in north-eastern India. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Itanagar, the capital of the state...

 constituencies located in this district: Panging, Nari-Koyu, Pasighat West, Pasighat East, and Mebo. All of these are part of Arunachal East Lok Sabha constituency
Arunachal East (Lok Sabha constituency)
Arunachal East Lok Sabha constituency is one of the two Lok Sabha constituencies in Arunachal Pradesh state in northeastern India...

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Demographics

According to the 2011 census
2011 census of India
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  has a population
Demographics of India
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 of 99,019 , roughly equal to the nation of Kiribati
Kiribati
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. This gives it a ranking of 615th in India (out of a total of 640
Districts of India
A district is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory. Districts are further subdivided, in some cases into Sub-Divisions, and otherwise directly into tehsils or talukas.District officials include:...

). The district has a population density of 27 PD/sqkm . Its population growth rate
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 over the decade 2001-2011 was 13.3 %. East Siang has a sex ratio
Sex ratio
Sex ratio is the ratio of males to females in a population. The primary sex ratio is the ratio at the time of conception, secondary sex ratio is the ratio at time of birth, and tertiary sex ratio is the ratio of mature organisms....

 of 962 females
Women in India
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 for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate
Literacy in India
Literacy in India is key for socio-economic progress, and the Indian literacy rate grew to 74.04% in 2011 from 12% at the end of British rule in 1947. Although this was a greater than sixfold improvement, the level is well below the world average literacy rate of 84%, and India currently has the...

 of 73.54 %.
Various tribal groups of the Adi people
Adi people
The Adi, or Bangni-Bokar Lhoba people is a major collective tribe living in the Himalayan hills of Arunachal Pradesh, and they are found in the temperate and sub-tropical regions within the districts of East Siang, Upper Siang, West Siang and Dibang Valley. The older term Abor is a deprecated...

 live in various parts of the district. The local people traditionally follow Donyi-Polo
Donyi-Polo
Donyi-Polo is an animist religion, literally meaning "Sun-Moon" . It is followed by many of the tribal groups of Arunachal Pradesh, India like the Galos, Adis, Apatanis, Nishis, Hill Miris, Mishings...

, although a sizeable minority have been converted to Christianity.

Languages

Languages spoken include Adi
Adi language
Adi, or Abor, is a small Tibetan–Burman language of India. The various dialects in the box at right, and perhaps a few more, may be distinct languages....

, a Sino-Tibetan tongue with approximately 140 000 speakers, written in both the Tibetan
Tibetan script
The Tibetan alphabet is an abugida of Indic origin used to write the Tibetan language as well as the Dzongkha language, Denzongkha, Ladakhi language and sometimes the Balti language. The printed form of the alphabet is called uchen script while the hand-written cursive form used in everyday...

 and Latin scripts; and Galo, an endangered language
Endangered language
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 with 30 000 speakers, also in the Sino-Tibetan language family
Language family
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Flora and fauna

In 1978 East Siang district became home to the D’Ering Memorial (Lali) Wildlife Sanctuary, which has an area of 190 square kilometre.

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