Tuting

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Town in Arunachal Pradesh, India

Tuting

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Tuting

Location in Arunachal Pradesh, India

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Tuting

Tuting (India)

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Coordinates: 28°59′32″N 94°53′41″E﻿ / ﻿28.992185°N 94.894697°E﻿ / 28.992185; 94.894697
Country|  India
State| Arunachal Pradesh
District| Upper Siang district
Elevation

| 1,240 m (4,070 ft)
Languages

• Official| Hindi, English
Time zone| UTC+05:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code| IN-AR
Vehicle registration| AR

8km
5miles

Tuting

Tuting near the McMahon Line

Tuting is a town and headquarters of an eponymous circle in the Upper Siang district in Arunachal Pradesh, India. It is situated on the bank of Siang river (Brahmaputra) at a distance of 34 km (21 mi) south of Line of Actual Control and 170 km (110 mi) north of Yingkiong.[1][2] Tuting is the center of an assembly constituency, and also home to an Indian Military headquarters.[citation needed] The border area reports frequent incursion attempts by the Chinese People's Liberation Army, including an attempt to construct a road in Indian territory.[3][2]

## Location

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Gelling is located on the 2,000-kilometre-long (1,200 mi) proposed Mago-Thingbu to Vijaynagar Arunachal Pradesh Frontier Highway along the McMahon Line,[4][5][6][7] alignment map of which can be seen here and here.[8] Around 35 km (22 mi) upstream is Gelling, the last India village before the Indo-Tibet border.[9] Tsangpo river (Brahmaputra) enters here from Tibet and natives know it as the Tsang Chu, downstream of here it is called the Siang river and Bramhaputra in Assam.[2]

## Administration

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Tuting-Yingkiong is one of the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Tuting town is under the administration of an (ADC) Additional Deputy Commissioner.[10][11] Tuting town is the head office of the ADC.[10]

## Culture

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Tuting is populated by Adi tribe who are the indigenous inhabitants but small population of other neighbouring tribes like Memba and Khamba are also settled in this town nowadays.[10]

In Gelling circle in northern reaches of Tuting, Memba people are indigenous tribe who follow Nyingma Mahayana Buddhism whose key festivals of Losar, Torgya, Dhruba and Tsobum are celebrated by performing Bardo Chham animal-mask folk dance at gonpas.[2]

## Tourism

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Gelling, with three-hour foot track to Indo-China border, is a tourist attraction which has Dampo Tso lake, 300-foot (91 m) tall Sibe-Re waterfall at Bishing, remnants of now defunct Kapangla Pass between Tibet and India, and Inspection Bungalow at Gelling for stay. Trekking and scenery.[2]

## Transport

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### Highway

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Tuting is connected to Yingkiong and Pasighat in the south and until ITBF office at Gelling in the north on the LAC via the Pasighat-Aalo-Tuting-Gelling strategic India-China Border Roads.

### Tuting Airport

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Tuting AGL is an Advanced Landing Ground airstrip of Indian Airforce.

## Map

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* Upper Siang district with Tuting circle and Tuting

## See also

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* Geography portal
* Asia portal
* India portal

* North-East Frontier Agency
* List of people from Arunachal Pradesh
* Religion in Arunachal Pradesh
* Cuisine of Arunachal Pradesh
* List of institutions of higher education in Arunachal Pradesh
* Yingkiong

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State of Arunachal Pradesh

Capital: Itanagar

State symbols|

* Emblem: Emblem of Arunachal Pradesh
* Animal: Mithun
* Bird: Great hornbill
* Flower: Foxtail orchid
* Tree: Hollong
* Fish: Golden Mahseer

Topics|

* Category
* History
* Politics
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* Education
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Administration|

* Government
* Legislative Assembly
* Chief Ministers
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* Politics

Divisions|

* East
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Districts|

* Tawang
* West Kameng
* East Kameng
* Papum Pare
* Kurung Kumey
* Kra Daadi
* Lower Subansiri
* Upper Subansiri
* West Siang
* Central Siang
* East Siang
* Upper Siang
* Lower Dibang Valley
* Dibang Valley
* Anjaw
* Lohit
* Namsai
* Changlang
* Tirap
* Longding
* Shi Yomi
* Pakke-Kessang
* Lepa Rada
* Kamle
* Lower Siang

Major towns|

* Itanagar
* Naharlagun
* Pasighat
* Aalo
* Seppa
* Tezu
* Daporijo
* Namsai
* Ziro
* Roing
* Tawang
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* Miao
* Basar
* Dirang
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* Pangin
* Likabali
* Malinithan
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* Nampong
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* Palin
* Jamin
* Bhismaknagar
* Akshiganga

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* Gomsi
* Ita Fort

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands|

* Nicobar

Arunachal Pradesh|

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Madhya Pradesh|

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Maharashtra|

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Manipur|

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Meghalaya|

* West Garo Hills

Mizoram|

* Lawngtlai
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Odisha|

* Gajapati

Sikkim|

* Mangan

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* Amroha
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* Haridwar
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* Howrah
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* Uttar Dinajpur

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Training Command|

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Maintenance Command|

* Nagpur
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Advanced Landing Grounds (ALGs)|

* Along
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* No. 11
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* 19
* 25
* 33
* 41
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* 48
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* 59
* 77
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* 81
* 87

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* No. 104
* 125

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* 111
* 112
* 114
* 115
* 116
* 117
* 118
* 119
* 127
* 128
* 129
* 130
* 143
* 152
* 153
* 154
* 155
* 156
* 157
* 158
* 159

Flights|

* No. 121
* 122
* 126
* 131
* 132

Acrobatic display|

* No. 52
* 151 HU

Communication|

* AHQCS

EW/AWS|

* No. 50
* 181
* 200

RPA|

* No. 3001
* 3002
* 3003
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## References

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1. ^ Town. "Tuting". Times of India Travel. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
2. ^ a b c d e "Place of interest | District Upper Siang, Government of Arunachal Pradesh". Retrieved 7 February 2021.
3. ^ "Chinese road-building team entered 1km inside Arunachal, sent back by Indian Army: Sources". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
4. ^ Dipak Kumar Dash. "Top officials to meet to expedite road building along China border". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
5. ^ "Narendra Modi government to provide funds for restoration of damaged highways". Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
6. ^ Ankit Panda. "Indian Government Plans Highway Along Disputed China Border". thediplomat.com. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
7. ^ "Govt planning road along McMohan line in Arunachal Pradesh: Kiren Rijiju". Mint. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
8. ^ Ajay Banerjee. "China warns India against paving road in Arunachal". The Tribune. India. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
9. ^ "Gelling". Government of Arunachal Pradesh. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
10. ^ a b c "Districts Officials". Arunachal Pradesh, Official State Portal. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
11. ^ "Subdivision & Blocks | District Upper Siang, Government of Arunachal Pradesh". Retrieved 23 March 2019.

Places adjacent to Tuting

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Eastern Zone, Bhutan |

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