- Upper Siang
Upper Siang is an administrative
district in the state ofArunachal Pradesh inIndia . The district headquarters are located atYingkiong . The district occupies anarea of 6188 km² and has apopulation of 33,146 (as of2001 ).Various tribal groups of the
Adi people and theMemba tribe live in the district. The Adi follow generally followDonyi-Polo , and the Memba are followers of Tibetan Buddhism.External links
* [http://uppersiang.nic.in/ Official website]
At one point of history this place was part of Tibet and known as Pemako. Majority of people here are follower of Buddhism and considered H.H. the XIV Dalai Lama as their spiritual head. People here are called by different name such as Memba, Khampa, Sherpa, Adi, Tsanglha, and Lhoba but they are all part of Pemako and original people of the region. It is sad that policy of " Divide and Rule " is still used here today. On the other side of the border i.e. Tibet, Chinese used the same policy of "Divide and Rule ".It is a request to the people of region to unite togather, help each other and survive the 21st century and future. It is important to demand Government of India and Government of China to invest in educational opportunity for the people of this region or whole of Arunachal Pradesh and region of Metok, Nyintri, Minling in inside Tibet.
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