Lower Dibang Valley district

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In June 1980, the Dibang Valley district was created from part of the Lohit district.{{cite web | url = http://www.statoids.com/yin.html | title = Districts of India | accessdate = 11 October 2011 | last = Law | first = Gwillim | date = 25 September 2001 | work = Statoids}} On 16 December 2001, the Dibang Valley district was bifurcated into Dibang Valley district and Lower Dibang Valley district.

The headquarters of the district is the town of Roing. Before it was carved out of the district on 16 December 2001, Anini housed the district headquarters.{{Cite web |url=http://roing.nic.in/history.htm |title=Official Website of the Lower Dibang Valley District |access-date=2 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526102601/http://roing.nic.in/history.htm |archive-date=26 May 2011 |url-status=dead }}

The proposed {{convert|2000|km|mi|adj=mid|-long}} Arunachal Pradesh Frontier Highway goes 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|accessdate=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|accessdate=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|accessdate=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 |accessdate= 26 October 2014}} and will pass through the Lower Dibang Valley district. An alignment map 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|accessdate= 26 October 2014}} It will intersect with the proposed East-West Industrial Corridor Highway.

There are two Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly constituencies located in this district: Dambuk and Roing. Both are part of the 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 |accessdate=21 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813085549/http://ceoarunachal.nic.in/Information/ACwiseDistrictwisePCwise.htm |archivedate=13 August 2011 }}

According to the 2011 census, the Lower Dibang Valley district has a population of 54,080, roughly equal to the island nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis.{{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 | accessdate = 1 October 2011 | quote = Saint Kitts and Nevis 50,314 July 2011 est.}} This makes it the 630th least populous district in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of {{convert| 14 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}, lowest in the country. Its rate of population growth rate from 2001–2011 was 7.01%. The Lower Dibang Valley has a sex ratio of 919 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 70.38%. Scheduled Tribes make up 48.03% of the population.

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Major languages spoken include Idu Mishmi and Adi. Hindi has been taught in schools since the 1970s. Most of the citizens understand and speak Hindi. In other various areas, different languages are spoken, such as Nepali and Assamese. English is also spoken by educated citizens.

At the time of the 2011 census, 24.29% of the population spoke Nepali, 23.03% Adi, 15.15% Mishmi, 7.04% Bengali, 7.02% Mishing, 4.54% Bhojpuri, 3.75% Assamese, 2.83% Hindi and 2.23% Galo as their first language.[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]

The district is rich in wildlife. Rare mammals such as Mishmi takin, red goral, elephants, wild water buffalos and leaf muntjac live in the district. Birds that live in the Lower Dibang Valley include Sclater's monal, Blyth's tragopan, the rufous-necked hornbill, the Bengal florican, and the white-winged wood duck.Choudhury, Anwaruddin (2008) Survey of mammals and birds in Dihang-Dibang biosphere reserve, Arunachal Pradesh. Final report to Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India. The Rhino Foundation for nature in NE India, Guwahati, India. 70pp. Mishmi Hills giant flying squirrels (Petaurista mishmiensis) also live in this district., Choudhury, Anwaruddin (2009).One more new flying squirrel of the genus Petaurista Link, 1795 from Arunachal Pradesh in north-east India. The Newsletter and Journal of the RhinoFoundation for nat. in NE India 8: 26–34, plates.

In 1980, the Lower Dibang Valley district became home to the Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary, which has an area of {{convert|282|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 |accessdate=25 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823163836/http://oldwww.wii.gov.in/envis/envis_pa_network/index.htm |archivedate=23 August 2011 }} A new subspecies of hoolock gibbon has been discovered in this area, which was named the Mishmi Hills hoolock. H. h. mishmiensis..{{cite book|author=A. U. Choudhury|title=Description of a new subspecies of hoolock gibbonHoolock hoolock from North East India. The Newsletter & Journal of the Rhino Foundation for nat. in NE India 9: 49–59|year=2013}}

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• [https://roing.nic.in/ Official website]

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|North = Upper Dibang Valley district

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|South = Tinsukia district, Assam

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|West = East Siang district

|Northwest = Upper Siang district

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