Anjaw District
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Anjaw District is an admistrative distict in the state of Arunachal Pradesh in northern India. It is a newly created district, having been created on 16th February 2004 under The Arunachal Pradesh Re-organization of Districts Amendment Bill. The district borders China on the north. Hawai, at an altitude of 1296 m above sea level, is the district headquarter, located on the banks of the Lohit River, a tributary of the Brahmaputra River.[1]
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[edit] Administrative units
The district has seven Administrative Units:
- Hayuliang
- Hawai
- Manchal
- Goiliang
- Walong
- Kibithoo
- Chaglogam
[edit] Tribes
The Mishmi, and the Zekhring[2] (formerly called Meyor) are the main tribes in the district.
[edit] Rivers
The main rivers are the following:[1]
- Lohit River (called Telu by local Mishmis)
- Lam River
- Tidding River
- Dalai River
- Krowti River
- Dichu River
- Lati River
- Klung River
- Dav River
- Telua River
- Ampani River
- Sarti River
[edit] Agriculture
The main crops are maize, millet, paddy, beans, cardamon, orange, pears, plum, and apple.[3]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Anjaw District. Retrieved on October 27, 2006.
- ^ Zakhring. Ethnologue.com. Retrieved on October 27, 2006.
- ^ Anjaw. indiangos.com. Retrieved on October 27, 2006.
[edit] External links
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