:Upper Siang district

The majority of the people are of the Adi tribe while the Memba, Khamba tribe also exists there. Part of the area was controlled by the Tibetan Kingdom of Powo when streams of Tibetan pilgrims searching for one of the 'hidden lands' or beyul ({{langx|bo|sbas-yul}}) referred to in the prophecies of Guru Rinpoche in the East Himalayas from the mid-seventeenth century came south over the Doshong La pass, to seek the particular location of one of these earthly paradises called Padma bkod (written variously Pema köd, Pemakö and Pemako), literally 'Lotus Array' in the region. The region became administered by British India with the Simla Accord of 1914 and the demarcation of the McMahon Line, though China considers it part of South Tibet.

The district was formed in 1999 when it was split from East Siang district.{{cite web | url = http://www.statoids.com/yin.html | title = Districts of India | access-date = 2011-10-11 | last = Law | first = Gwillim | date = 25 September 2011 | work = Statoids}}

The district headquarters are located at Yingkiong. Upper Siang district occupies an area of {{convert|6118|km2}},{{cite book | editor1 = Srivastava, Dayawanti | editor2=others | display-editors=1 |title = India 2010: A Reference Annual | chapter = States and Union Territories: Arunachal Pradesh: Government | edition = 54th | publisher = Additional Director General, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India), Government of India | year = 2010 | location = New Delhi, India | pages = 1113 | isbn = 978-81-230-1617-7}}

The district is the location of the massive Upper Siang Hydroelectric Project.

The {{convert|2000|km|mi|adj=mid|-long}} proposed Mago-Thingbu to Vijaynagar Arunachal Pradesh Frontier Highway along the McMahon Line,{{cite web|title=Top officials to meet to expedite road building along China border|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Top-officials-to-meet-to-expedite-road-building-along-China-border/articleshow/44831871.cms|author=Dipak Kumar Dash|work=The Times of India|access-date=27 October 2014}}{{cite web|title=Narendra Modi government to provide funds for restoration of damaged highways

|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-narendra-modi-government-to-provide-funds-for-restoration-of-damaged-highways-2020106|website=www.dnaindia.com|access-date=27 October 2014}}{{cite web|title=Indian Government Plans Highway Along Disputed China Border|url=https://thediplomat.com/2014/10/indian-government-plans-highway-along-disputed-china-border/|work=Ankit Panda|publisher=thediplomat.com|access-date=27 October 2014}}{{cite web |url= http://www.livemint.com/Politics/nqEwdXxkIgrSHPpTSzsFRN/Govt-planning-road-along-McMohan-line-in-Arunachal-Pradesh.html |title= Govt planning road along McMohan line in Arunachal Pradesh: Kiren Rijiju |publisher= Live Mint |access-date= 2014-10-26}} (will intersect with the proposed East-West Industrial Corridor Highway) and will pass through this district, alignment map of which can be seen [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20141016/nat7.jpg here] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20160306112247/http://arunachalpradesh.nic.in/images/state_map.jpg here].{{cite web |url= http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20141016/nation.htm|title=China warns India against paving road in Arunachal|work=Ajay Banerjee|publisher=tribuneindia.com|access-date= 2014-10-26}}

There are two Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly constituencies in this district: Tuting-Yingkiong and Mariyang-Geku. Both are part of Arunachal East Lok Sabha constituency.{{cite web|url=http://ceoarunachal.nic.in/Information/ACwiseDistrictwisePCwise.htm|title=Assembly Constituencies allocation w.r.t District and Parliamentary Constituencies|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Arunachal Pradesh website|access-date=21 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813085549/http://ceoarunachal.nic.in/Information/ACwiseDistrictwisePCwise.htm|archive-date=13 August 2011|url-status=dead}}File:Upper Siang district.png

Administrative circles include Yingkiong, Jengging, Mariyang, Geku, Katan, Mopom, Tuting, Gelling, Singa, Palling, Migging.{{Cite web|title=Collectrate, System of Administration|url=https://uppersiang.nic.in/collectrate/|access-date=2021-07-28|website=District Upper Siang, Government of Arunachal Pradesh|publisher=Developed and hosted by National Informatics Centre, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India}}

{{historical populations|23=1961|24=9,790|25=1971|26=21,330|27=1981|28=21,125|29=1991|30=27,779|31=2001|32=33,363|33=2011|34=35,320|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]|align=right}}According to the 2011 census Upper Siang district has a population of 35,320,{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 2011-09-30 |year=2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}} roughly equal to the nation of Liechtenstein.{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004507/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 13 June 2007 | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote =212 Liechtenstein 35,236 July 2011 est.

}} This gives it a ranking of 637th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of {{convert| 5 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 5.77%. Upper Siang has a sex ratio of 891 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 59.94%. Scheduled Tribes make up 80.60% of the population.

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Various tribal groups of the Adi people and the Memba tribe live in the district. The Adi tribe generally follows Donyi-Polo, and the Memba are followers of Tibetan Buddhism.

Languages spoken include Adi, a Sino-Tibetan tongue with approximately 140 000 speakers, and Tshangla and Khampa Tibetan languages both belonging to the Bodish group, these languages are written in both the Tibetan and Latin scripts.{{cite encyclopedia | editor = M. Paul Lewis | encyclopedia = Ethnologue: Languages of the World | title = Adi: A language of India | url = http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=adi | access-date = 2011-09-28 | edition = 16th | year = 2009 | publisher = SIL International | location = Dallas, Texas}}

At the time of the 2011 census, 72.01% of the population spoke Adi, 6.54% Bhotia, 4.44% Nepali, 3.93% Hindi, 1.91% Odia, 1.78% Assamese, 1.42% Bengali and 1.25% Bhojpuri as their first language.[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]

In 1986 Upper Siang district became home to Mouling National Park, which has an area of {{convert|483|km2|mi2|abbr=on|1}}.{{cite web|author=Indian Ministry of Forests and Environment|title=Protected areas: Arunachal Pradesh|url=http://oldwww.wii.gov.in/envis/envis_pa_network/index.htm|access-date=25 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823163836/http://oldwww.wii.gov.in/envis/envis_pa_network/index.htm|archive-date=23 August 2011|url-status=dead}} A new mammal to science, Mebo giant flying squirrel (Petaurista siangensis) has been reported from this district.Choudhury, A.U. (2013). Description of a new species of giant flying squirrel of the genus Petaurista Link, 1795 from Siang Basin, Arunachal Pradesh in North East India. The NL & Journal of the Rhino Foundation for nat. in NE India 9: 30–38, plates.

• Puging
• Singa

List of banks functioning in Upper Siang.

• State Bank Of India, Tuting{{cite web |url=https://bankifscmicrbranchdetails.c12.in/page.php?ifsc=SBIN0017091 |title=STATE BANK OF INDIA, TUTING}}
• State Bank Of India, Yingkiong{{cite web |url=https://bankifscmicrbranchdetails.c12.in/page.php?ifsc=SBIN0007228 |title=STATE BANK OF INDIA, YINGKIONG}}

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• {{Official website|http://uppersiang.nic.in/}}

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