Anjaw district

Anjaw district

Anjaw District is an admistrative district 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.cite web
url=http://lohit.nic.in/anjaw.htm
title=Anjaw District
publisher=
accessdate=2006-10-27
]

Administrative units

The district has seven Administrative Units:
*Hayuliang
*Hawai
*Manchal
*Goiliang
*Walong
*Kibithoo
*Chaglogam

Tribes

The Mishmi, and the Zekhring [cite web
url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=zkr
title=Zakhring
publisher= Ethnologue.com
accessdate=2006-10-27
] (formerly called Meyor) are the main tribes in the district.

Rivers

The main rivers are the following:
*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


=Agriculture= The main crops are maize, millet, rice, beans, cardamom, orange, pears, plum, and apple. [cite web
url=http://www.indianngos.com/districts/anjaw.htm
title=Anjaw
publisher=indiangos.com
accessdate=2006-10-27
]

Notes

External links

* [http://lohit.nic.in/anjaw.htm Anjaw District]


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