Monpa people
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ethnic group lives in Northeastern India and Southwestern China
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It sits within the topics Ethnic groups in Bhutan, Ethnic groups in Tibet and Ethnic groups officially recognized by China.
Its subject is documented across 39 Wikipedia language editions.
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- India arunachal pradesh
- 60,545 (2011 census)
- China tibet
- 11,143 (2020 census)
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The Monpa (Tibetan: མོན་པ་, Wylie: mon pa, THL: mön pa, Chinese: 门巴族) are a major people of Arunachal Pradesh in northeastern India and one of the 56 officially recognized ethnic groups in China. Most Monpas live in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, with a population of 50,000, centered in the districts of Tawang and West Kameng. Of Monpas who live in Arunachal Pradesh, about 20,000 live in Tawang district, where they constitute about 97% of the district's population, and almost all of the remainder can be found in the West Kameng district, where they form about 77% of the district's population. A small number of them may be found in bordering areas of East Kameng and Bhutan (2,500). Monpas also share very close affinity with the Sharchops of Bhutan. The Monpa are sub-divided into six sub-groups based on the variations in their language.
The Monpa are believed to be the only nomadic tribe in Northeast India – they are totally dependent on animals like sheep, cow, yak, goats and horses.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Monpa people” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.