East Kameng district
| East Kameng district | |
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| District of Arunachal Pradesh | |
 Location of East Kameng district in Arunachal Pradesh |
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| Country | India |
| State | Arunachal Pradesh |
| Headquarters | Seppa |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,134 km2 (1,596 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 78,413 (2,011) |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 62.5% |
| • Sex ratio | 1012 |
| Website | Official website |
East Kameng district (Pron:/ˈkæmɛŋ/) is one of the 20 districts of Arunachal Pradesh state in northeastern, India. It shares an international border with Tibet in the north and Bhutan to the west, a state border with Assam and district borders with West Kameng, Papumpare and Kurung Kumey, which was bifurcated from Lower Subansiri district on 1 April 2000.
The area around the Kameng river has at various times come under the control and influence of the Mon kingdoms, Tibet and the Ahom kingdom. Aka and Nishi chiefs would exert control over the area whenever no major political powers dominated the area.
The Kameng Frontier Division was renamed as the Kameng District. The Political Officer was also redesignated as the Deputy Commissioner of Kameng. However, for political reasons, the Kameng district was bifurcated between East Kameng and West Kameng on 1 June 1980.
East Kameng district occupies an area of 4,134 square kilometres (1,596 sq mi), comparatively equivalent to Alaska's Unimak Island. Like West Kameng, the East Kameng climate ranges from arid in the tundra of the north through a cool temperate climate to a humid subtropical climate in the southern sub-himalayan hills bordering Assam.
The 2,000-kilometre-long (1,200 mi) proposed Mago-Thingbu to Vijaynagar Arunachal Pradesh Frontier Highway along the McMahon Line, (will intersect with the proposed East-West Industrial Corridor Highway) and will pass through this district, alignment map of which can be seen here and here.
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