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| Coordinates:28°59′32″N94°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 |
Tuting is a town and headquarters of an eponymouscircle in theUpper Siang district inArunachal Pradesh, India. It is situated on the bank ofSiang river (Brahmaputra) at a distance of 34 km (21 mi) south ofLine of Actual Control and 170 km (110 mi) north ofYingkiong.[1][2] Tuting is the center of anassembly constituency, and also home to anIndian Military headquarters.[citation needed] The border area reports frequent incursion attempts by the ChinesePeople's Liberation Army, including an attempt to construct a road in Indian territory.[3][2]
Gelling is located on the 2,000-kilometre-long (1,200 mi) proposed Mago-Thingbu toVijaynagarArunachal Pradesh Frontier Highway along theMcMahon Line,[4][5][6][7] alignment map of which can be seenhere andhere.[8] Around 35 km (22 mi) upstream isGelling, the last India village before the Indo-Tibet border.[9] Tsangpo river (Brahmaputra) enters here fromTibet and natives know it as the Tsang Chu, downstream of here it is called the Siang river and Bramhaputra in Assam.[2]
Tuting-Yingkiong is one of theArunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Tuting town is under the administration of an (ADC) AdditionalDeputy Commissioner.[10][11] Tuting town is the head office of theADC.[10]
Tuting is populated byAdi tribe who are the indigenous inhabitants but small population of other neighbouring tribes likeMemba andKhamba are also settled in this town nowadays.[10]
In Gelling circle in northern reaches of Tuting,Memba people are indigenous tribe who followNyingmaMahayana Buddhism whose key festivals ofLosar,Torgya, Dhruba andTsobum are celebrated by performingBardo Chham animal-mask folk dance atgonpas.[2]
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]
Tuting is connected to Yingkiong andPasighat in the south and untilITBF office at Gelling in the north on the LAC via the Pasighat-Aalo-Tuting-Gelling strategicIndia-China Border Roads.
Tuting AGL is anAdvanced Landing Ground airstrip ofIndian Airforce.
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