Kamle district | |
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Coordinates(Raga, Arunachal Pradesh): 27°48′00″N94°04′30″E / 27.8°N 94.075°E | |
Country | India |
State | Arunachal Pradesh |
Established | 15 December 2017 |
Headquarters | Raga |
Government | |
• Deputy Commissioner | Moki Loyi |
Area | |
• Total | 200 km2 (80 sq mi) |
Population (2017) | |
• Total | 22,256 [1] |
Demographics | |
• Literacy | 69% |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
Kamle district, also Khamle, [2] is one of the 25 administrative districts (26th including Itanagar capital complex) of Arunachal Pradesh in northeastern India. The district headquarters are at Raga. [1]
Kamle got its name from the river Kamle. River Kamle joins the Subansiri river which finally meets the Brahmaputra in Assam.
Demands for the creation of this district had been made since December 2013 when the All Nyishi Youth Association (ANYA) threatened a Bandh, and the state government gave a written assurance that it would speed up the creation of Pakke-Kessang and Kamle districts. [3] [4] The main inhabitants are the Nyishi. On 15 December 2017, Chief Minister Pema Khandu inaugurated the district. [5]
Kamle district has been formed from administration circles from Lower Subansiri district and three from Upper Subansiri district. [6] The district has 6 administrative units: Raga, Kamporijo, Dollungmukh, Puchi-Geko, Gepen, and a portion of Daporijo Sadar circles consisting of all villages which fall under Raga assembly including Ligu and Liruk which were under the administrative control of Upper Subansiri district). [7] The district has one assembly constituency - Raga.
Arunachal Pradesh is a state in northeast India. It was formed from the North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) region, and India declared it as a state on 20 February 1987. Itanagar is its capital and largest town. It borders the Indian states of Assam and Nagaland to the south. It shares international borders with Bhutan in the west, Myanmar in the east, and a disputed 1,129 km border with China's Tibet Autonomous Region in the north at the McMahon Line. Arunachal Pradesh is claimed in its entirety by China as South Tibet as part of the Tibet Autonomous Region; China occupied some regions of Arunachal Pradesh in 1962 but later withdrew its forces.
Ziro is a town in and the district headquarters of the Lower Subansiri district in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. It is included the Tentative List for UNESCO's World Heritage Site for the Apatani cultural landscape. The part of the town which is the centre of economic activities and where the administrative offices are located is called as Hapoli or locally known by the Apatanis as "Hao-Polyang".
Itanagar is the capital and largest town of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. The seat of Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly, the seat of government of Arunachal Pradesh, and the seat of Gauhati High Court permanent bench at Naharlagun are all in Itanagar. Being the hub of all the major economic bases, Itanagar and the adjacent town of Naharlagun comprise the administrative region of the Itanagar Capital Complex Region. This stretches from the Itanagar Municipal limit at Chandranagar Town extended until Nirjuli Town, and is a major junction of cultural, economic, fashion, education and recreational activities.
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Upper Subansiri (Pron:/su:bənˈsɪɹi/) is an administrative district in the state of Arunachal Pradesh in India.
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