Yingkiong
Sign in to saveYingkiong is a town in and the administrative headquarters of Upper Siang district in the Northeast Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. It is located north of Itanagar, the capital of the state, and east of the River Siang. According to the 2011 Census, the town has a total population of 8,573.
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Place details
- Locality
- Yingkiong
- Region
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Country
- India
- Population
- 6,540
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Yingkiong
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Yingkiong.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Welcome Gate, Yingkiong
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Arunachal Pradesh#India3
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Arunachal Pradesh, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Settlement.established_date
- 1999
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.elevation_m
Key dates
- Inception
- 1999
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Elevation
- +200
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Capital of
- Upper Siang district
- Official website
- uppersiang.nic.in
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Yingkiong is a town in and the administrative headquarters of Upper Siang district in the Northeast Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. It is located north of Itanagar, the capital of the state, and east of the River Siang. According to the 2011 Census, the town has a total population of 8,573.
==History== thumb|left|250px|Map of the North-East Frontier Tracts in 1946; Yinkiong was in the Sadiya Frontier Tract In 1911, following the Anglo–Abor wars, the British gained administrative control of the Upper Siang region. It was put under the administrative control of the Assistant Political Officer stationed at Sadiya (in Assam) during the period. Some notable British civil servants who held the role of Assistant Political Officer included Jack Francis Needham, appointed in 1882, and Noel Williamson, who was assassinated by the villagers of Komsing in the present day East Siang district.